Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Pipe Smoker: Frank Blair

Frank Blair (1916 - 1995)

Frank Blair was radio announcer who became an original member of NBC's Today Show, starting as a Washington correspondent in 1952 and then serving as the anchor from 1953 to 1975.  This photo shows him having a pipe while helping one of his sons assemble a model train set on Christmas Day, 1956.
 
link:  New York Times obituary
photo:  Mental Floss

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