Met Opera Opening Night recipient-men RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company decided

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company decided that the iconic puffing billboard had done its work

" said an article in The Times Magazine a few weeks after the pilgrimage

he loaded the sidecars with 450 pounds of sand and ran the ride through its usual gravity-defying cycle of soaring

with split-second timing

Some would wonder which side was up in this photograph

Met Opera Opening Night recipient-men RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company decided"New Metropolitan Opera House Opens in a Crescendo of Splendor" was the front page headline on Sept. 17, 1966, during the opening of Lincoln Center's newest edition. Seen here is a view of the audience on opening night, which featured Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra." The Times reported that the great arched house was a brightly lighted architectural toy that was "expected to dominate salon conversations for weeks." The conductor in front is