Name/Title
Smoking, 1975Entry/Object ID
2007-012.D390NDescription
Smoking, 1975. These three black and white film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images show the front of a cigarette vending machine and various people holding or smoking cigarettes. Two of the people shown are not smoking or holding cigarettes. Image 19 shows the front of a cigarette vending machine. There is a picture of two packs of Marlboro cigarettes at the left-hand side and a coin slot at the right. Below the coin slot are directions on use of the machine which includes a notice that one pack of cigarettes costs 65 cents. This image is oriented horizontally. Image 20 is nearly identical to image 19. Image 21 is similar to the previous two images, but here the photographer has stepped away from the cigarette vending machine. Here an image of two packs of Viceroy cigarettes is visible to the left of the image of Marlboro cigarettes. Image 22 is similar to the previous three images, but here the image is oriented vertically. Image 38 shows a seated woman in a plaid blazer. She is holding her right hand to her face and her left hand is resting on her left knee. Image 39 shows a man in a jacket and striped shirt seated in a chair which is turned backward. A window is visible behind the man, and a house is visible through the window. Image 40 is similar to the previous image, but here the man has crossed his arms over the back of the chair and is gesturing with his left hand. Image 41 shows a person in a jacket and floral-print shirt holding a cigarette in their left hand and leaning on the front end of a car. This persons's head is outside of the image frame. Image 42 shows a woman in jeans leaning back against something and holding a cigarette in her right hand. She is holding her right wrist in her left hand, and the top half of her head is outside of the image frame. There is also a woman standing with her hands on her hips to the right of the woman in jeans. Image 43 shows a person with long hair and a jacket facing toward the right-hand side of the image and holding a cigarette to their mouth. No part of this person's face is visible. A person with long hair and a plaid jacket is standing at the left-hand edge of the image.
Printed in alternation along one long edge of these film negative strips is "KODAK SAFETY FILM" and "KODAK TRI X PAN FILM."Made/Created
Date made
1975 - 1975Notes
Date: 04-23-1975
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: Acetate