Title

Cigarette Filter Testing

Caption

New York, New York. January 9, 1958 Joan Johnson of the United States Testing Company gives the smoking machine a light for each of its ten cigarettes.The smoke is collected in flasks for chemical analysis of nicotine and tar content for the Phiip Morris Company's new cigarette filter.

Credit line

Photo12/UIG/Underwood Archives

Reference

UMG23A34_198

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71,5Mb (1,7Mb) / 16,3in x 17,0in / 4899 x 5100 (300dpi)

Keywords

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