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Media Company Zippos

The 20th Century saw an evolution in mass communication from publishing into broadcasting, including radio and television.  Many of the  companies participating in media revolution used the Zippo for advertising their goods and services.

1947 Zippo with the image of "The Standard Tuner".

1961 Zippo for Readers' Digest, first published in 1922.

1954 Sylvania TV with HaloLight.  HaloLight was a feature with light surrounding the TV screen, reducing the contrast and providing more "eye comfort.

1955 RCA  Zippo with the RCA dog  Nipper listening to the gramophone and His Master's Voice. A highly collectible Zippo.

1961 Zippo with the Sports Series golfer for  Magnavox Supplier "61".  The reverse has an attached badge that reads "Magnavox 50th Anniversary".

1949-50 Zippo, advertising KWWL 5000 Watts Mutual.  KWWL is a television station based in Waterloo, Iowa.

1953 Zippo for Church, Rickards & Company showing the covers of Post, Journal and Look magazines.

1959 Zippo with telephone: Find It Fast in The Yellow Pages.

1957 Zippo advertising Yellow Pages for Pacific Telephone.

1953 Zippo for KOTA & KOZY,  CBS affiliates for the Inter- Mountain West. Signature of  E.G. Eisensmenger on the reverse.

This 1951-52 all-black enamel Zippo with gold paint advertising GE Black Daylight TV with Ultra-Vision is one of the most desirable advertising Zippos.  This one comes in a special box.

1949-50 Zippo engraved with "Gulfstream Park 1950 - Walter Winchell".  Walter Winchell (1897-1972) was a US journalist and broadcaster whose columns and radio broadcasts with news and gossip gave him a massive audience and much influence in the U.S. during the 1930-50s.  Gulfstream Park is a racetrack in Florida.

1961 advertising  Field & Stream and  Town & Country magazines.

1953 Zippo with with a DuMont television set. DuMont, founded in 1938, was a television network that produced the first all-electronic television set for sale to the American public.

1954-55 two-sided Zippo advertising Sylvania TV with HaloLight - Kinder to Your Eyes! The reverse is engraved with H.C. Givan, Jr., Illustrious Potentate, Syria Temple 1954.

1953 Zippo for McGraw Hill, a leading publishing and information company founded in 1909.