Cigarette Contest
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 6 November 1969
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 1991107610519
- Physical Description
- Black and white negative
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two of four Lethbridge and district men who hit a $50,000 jackpot in a cigarette promotion contest. The four travelled more than 2,000 miles and spent $3,000 on 125,000 cigarettes in order to amass sufficient winning cards from the cigarette pages to entitle them to winnings totaling…
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 6 November 1969
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- The Lethbridge Herald
- Physical Description
- Black and white negative
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two of four Lethbridge and district men who hit a $50,000 jackpot in a cigarette promotion contest. The four travelled more than 2,000 miles and spent $3,000 on 125,000 cigarettes in order to amass sufficient winning cards from the cigarette pages to entitle them to winnings totaling $50,000. The two Lethbridge men who figured out the winning combinations are insurance adjusters Doug Fleming and Pat Howe. The two district men in the group wished to remain anonymous.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 1991107610519
- Collection
- Archive
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