5-21-19 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[rcathey]

Not that’s a cool setup!
I wouldn’t mind seeing that hanging from my wall. Love the Lucky Strikes at top right.

[RCS]

Early Lucky Strikes with red meatball - got changed to green meatball.

[browningautorifle]

got changed to green

Reference the ad...."Lucky Strike Green Goes to War!"

Lucky Strike GREEN has gone to war! - Atlas Repro Paperwork

[Gil Boyd]

Always a very detailed shot and great for the time

[colin.moxon]

Always a very detailed shot and great for the time

Frequently in this era, they were using medium or large format cameras which are easily capable to take pictures with enough detail and clarity to compete or outcompete with the VAST majority of digital cameras even today due to the size of the film vs the size of photo sensors today.

[Tom in N.J.]

The 'green' in "Lucky Strike green goes to war" was the green dye used in the green prewar package... the war time and later packages were white, both had the red 'ball'... Boy! you youngsters! L.S.M.F.T. to some ment 'loose suspenders mean falling trousers'...

[browningautorifle]

The 'green'

That's why I posted the ad for you to read...to get it right.

[ArizonaBeagle]

The 'green' in "Lucky Strike green goes to war" was the green dye used in the green prewar package... the war time and later packages were white, both had the red 'ball'... Boy! you youngsters! L.S.M.F.T. to some ment 'loose suspenders mean falling trousers'...

During the Korean War LSMFT stood for "Lord Save Me From Truman"

AZB

[Bob Seijas]

I smoked 'em for 60 years, finally quit two years ago... but if I get diagnosed with terminal cancer, the first thing I'm gonna do is buy a carton of Luckies.