Brochure, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver, Volumes 1, 2 and 3," 1914
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In 1914 Henry Ford published the first of four volumes entitled, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver," his treatise for youth on the evils of cigarettes, aka "little white slavers". Ford had been greatly influenced to take up this anti-smoking crusade by his close friend and mentor, Thomas Edison, who famously stated that he would "employ no person who smokes."
In 1914 Henry Ford published the first of four volumes entitled, "The Case Against the Little White Slaver," his treatise for youth on the evils of cigarettes, aka "little white slavers". Ford had been greatly influenced to take up this anti-smoking crusade by his close friend and mentor, Thomas Edison, who famously stated that he would "employ no person who smokes."
Artifact
Brochure
Date Made
1914
Subject Date
1914
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1023.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dark blue
Dimensions
Height: 8.875 in
Width: 6 in
Inscriptions
Text on front cover: The Case / Against the Little / White Slaver / Volumes 1, 2, and 3 / COMPLIMENTS OF / HENRY FORD / DETROIT- MICH
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