1933 Zippo Sportsmen Ad


*C ZIPPO XII*	*brushed chrome*

1937 Zippo Sportsmen Ad


*F ZIPPO XII*	*high polished chrome*

Esquire Magazine ad December 1938


*D ZIPPO XII*	*high polished chrome*

sales brochure cover 1938


*A ZIPPO 05*	*brushed chrome*

Between 1934 & 1940 Zippo sold more than 300,000 lighters through the use of punchboard

advertising. Considered a game of chance, punchboards were ruled illegal in 1940.


punchboard game 1939	only 50 made


*E ZIPPO XIV*	*brushed chrome*

envelope from Zippo Mfg. Co. back in 1939


H ZIPPO 02	high polished chrome

in store advertisement card ca. 1940


*H ZIPPO VII*	*high polished chrome*


*B ZIPPO XII*	*brushed chrome*


*E ZIPPO XII*	*high polished chrome*


*D ZIPPO XIII*	*brushed chrome*


*L ZIPPO 07*	*satin finish*


1940's Zippo slip case	only 50 made


*C ZIPPO XVI*	*black matte*

The packages used between 1932 and 1933 were made of plain cardboard with a lighter-shaped cutout, covered with matte-black paper. The paper was switched to a glossy style that was used from the year 1933 until 1936. Zippo has offered a free repair service, that supports its lifetime guarantee, since its foundation. Up until 1940, a repaired Zippo was returned in the package in which the Zippo was sent for the service.

flint ad 1942


*L ZIPPO XII*	*high polished chrome*


*J ZIPPO 01*	*high polished chrome*

Naturally they rate first choice 1943


*D ZIPPO XII*	*high polished brass*


*I ZIPPO 01*	*high polished chrome*


*A ZIPPO 02*	*high polished chrome*

ad from 1944 featuring this little guy...


*E ZIPPO XIV*	*brushed chrome*


*H ZIPPO XV*	*high polished chrome*

For those who loved to ski, or just have fun in the snow, it was a dream come true on February 12, 1945. A new form of recreation - skiing - was about to come to the Bradford area.It was rated as one of the best on in Niagara frontier skiing association districtand was named the Zippo Slope in gratitude to George Grant Blaisdell. Attending the official dedication were Bradford mayor Hugh Ryan, Councilmen Edward Bitner, Peter Meldum, 3. Bernard Hannon, and James Butterworth, the Bradford Ski Club, headed by M Kohler and Bob Pflug, and a crowd of over 1000 Bradford people who came to see the latest in recreation facilities in the city and nearly 500 skiers, who just wanted to have fun.

For nearly 30 years, the Zippo Ski Slope provided hours of fun and recreation to outdoor enthusiasts until the early 1970s when the slope was closed for skiers.


*A ZIPPO XIV*	*high polished chrome*

newspaper ad 1948


*E ZIPPO XIV*	*brushed chrome*


*A ZIPPO 02*	*high polished chrome*


*C ZIPPO 04*	*brushed chrome*

sales brochure cover 1948


*D ZIPPO 02*	*brushed chrome*

sales brochure cover 1949


*A ZIPPO 02*	*high polished chrome*

original letterhead from the 1950's


*ZIPPO G 2000 XVI*	*white matte*


*A ZIPPO 07*	*pvd coated*

newspaper ad 1951


*J ZIPPO 01*	*white matte*


*J ZIPPO 01*	*orange matte*


*G ZIPPO 02*	*high polished chrome*

Display Panel 1953


*J ZIPPO 02*	*high polished chrome*

This set was released as "The Limited Edition Collectible Of The Year" for Japan in 1998.

Each of the Zippos shows a newspaper ad published in 1955 in the New Yorker Magazine.

Men like girls and Zippos...


*C ZIPPO XIII*	*brushed chrome*

I'm a pampered Pop...


*E ZIPPO XIII*	*brushed chrome*

Don't submerge that urge...


*E ZIPPO XIII*	*brushed chrome*

He'll be proud as the gent...


*F ZIPPO XIII*	*brushed chrome*

newspaper ad 1955


*J ZIPPO 04*	*high polished chrome*

newspaper ad 1956


*H ZIPPO 02*	*high polished chrome*


*K ZIPPO 02*	*high polished chrome*


*G ZIPPO 07*	*brushed chrome*

newspaper ad 1978


*I ZIPPO 02*	*brushed chrome*


*C ZIPPO 03*	*brushed chrome*

sales brochure cover 1992


*C ZIPPO XII*	*black matte*

cigar casebook 1996


*H ZIPPO XII*	*high polished chrome*

detail


*A ZIPPO XII*	*black matte*

through the decades


*K ZIPPO 07*	*high polished chrome*


*A ZIPPO 08*	*high polished chrome*


*G ZIPPO 07*	*high polished chrome*


*L ZIPPO 07*	*high polished chrome*


*A ZIPPO 08*	*high polished chrome*