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Original vintage 1953 Camel Cigarettes full-page magazine advertisement featuring four famous sports stars, including baseball legend Mickey Mantle.Featured athletes include:* Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees star slugger
* Zoe Ann Olsen - Olympic diver
* Julius Boros - professional golfer
* Pauline Betz - professional tennis championThe colorful advertisement promotes Camel cigarettes under the headline:“Why CAMELS are first with famous sports stars…”The ad includes individual photographs and endorsements from the athletes, vintage Camel cigarette package artwork, and period advertising graphics.A small reference at the bottom cites figures from Printers’ Ink, 1953, helping date the advertisement to the early 1950s.BONUS REVERSE AD: The reverse side features a full-page color 1953 Blatz Beer advertisement with the slogan “What made Milwaukee change to Blatz Beer?” Copyright 1953 Blatz Brewing Company.This is an original vintage magazine page, not a reproduction or modern reprint.Approximate size: 10” wide x 13” tall.The page displays age-related toning, light handling wear and some dark printing/scuff marks along portions of the right edge, as shown in the close-up photographs. Overall graphics remain colorful and highly displayable. Please review all photos carefully for exact condition.The advertisement is photographed with cardboard backing and inside a protective plastic sleeve. The cardboard and sleeve are for storage/protection and are not original to the advertisement.Excellent crossover collectible for fans of Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees memorabilia, vintage baseball, golf, tennis, Olympic sports, Camel advertising, tobacciana, Blatz Beer, breweriana, and 1950s ephemera.
