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Article: History in the flick of a lighter.(new Zippo lighter museum in Bradford, PA)(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- July 21, 1997
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A self-assured cock of the head, a casual flick of the thumb, and a perfect, golden flame. That smoking ritual retains a certain James Dean cool, even as the U.S. cigarette industry is retreating under fire. The image is partly responsible for a worldwide fascination bordering on obsession with the Zippo lighter, the matchbox-size device that's enjoying red-hot sales and leaving the Zippo Manufacturing Co. scrambling to meet demand. To salute the unlikely icon, 10,000 Zippo enthusiasts will descend on Bradford, Pa., next weekend for the debut of the new Zippo museum--a building flanked by a 40-foot stain- less-steel lighter with pulsating neon flame. Exhibits will include ...