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Ackley, Iowa: 1920s Bull Durham Painted Wall

Bull Durham tobacco advertisement with full-color bull. Painted on a wall, building went up next to it, building was torn down 90 years later. The ad was still there.

Address:
620 Main St., Ackley, IA
Directions:
Downtown. On the south side of Main St. just east of its intersection with Mitchell St. Visible driving east, but not west.
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Wall ad for Bull Durham tobacco.

Vintage Bull Durham Painted Wall

A Bull Durham tobacco advertisement is painted on an outside building wall in downtown Ackley. It was discovered a few years ago when the building beside it was torn down.

[Pamela Schipper, 07/20/2018]

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