The Marlboro Man
The Marlboro man was first created during the early 1950s. It was a cowboy figure used for tobacco advertising campaigns for Marlboro cigarettes. He was merely created with the intention to get people to smoke this brand of cigarettes and whether good or bad…it worked. According to the LA Times, there were various actors and models who were paid to feature as “The Marlboro Man”, but four of them actually died of smoking-related diseases a few years after the campaign release.
The Marlboro Man
John Henry
The legend of John Henry is told through the song, “Ballad of John Henry.” The tale shares a story about an ex-slave who challenged a steam drill to see who could work faster. Henry beat the steam drill yet died shortly after due to exhaustion. While the story of Henry is compelling, the race might be fictional. Workers were not happy with the invention of the steam drill, which allowed the story to become very popular.
John Henry