Advertisement, Magazine - Alan Ladd, Camel Cigarettes
Object number2012.230.01.33
Date1953
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. (25.6 x 25.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionCigarette advertisement featuring Hot Springs native Alan Ladd. From a scrapbook kept by the president of the Alan Ladd fan club.Alan Ladd was born September 3, 1913, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and lived in Arkansas until around the age of five. He was an actor who appeared in over 80 films and was one of the most recognizable celebrities of the 1940s and '50s. He starred in such films as "Two Years before the Mast," "The Blue Dahlia," and "The Great Gatsby." However, Ladd is perhaps best known for his role in the 1953 western movie "Shane." Ladd died on January 29, 1964.
Cigarette advertisement featuring Hot Springs native Alan Ladd. From a scrapbook kept by the president of the Alan Ladd fan club.
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