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Old 04-24-2012, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Exhibitman View Post
Interesting that across the issues and across the sports [baseball and boxing] the T-era Red Cross backs are brutally tough to locate. All I can think is that either the brand was a lousy smoke or had very limited distribution. Anyone have any advertising materials that might shed some light on the latter possibility?
As someone who collects ancillary items Red Cross didn't seem to be very prolific in putting advertising items out. I think Rmann has a few but I don't think I see any in my meager collection. Maybe that in itself is one of the reasons they didn't do well? Advertising might have helped them.
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