Long before the shorthand and initials of text paging and
instant messaging (with "LOL's," "BTW's" and so forth), there was a
very successful advertising campaign for Lucky Strike cigarettes
that employed the initials: L.S.M.F.T. This appeared on Lucky
Strike cigarette packs as "L.S./M.F.T."
This stood for "Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco" and was an
advertising catchphrase that virtually everyone in the country knew
in the 1940's and 1950's.
World War II era advertisement for Lucky
Strike.
L.S./M.F.T. was such a well know phrase that it wasn't even
necessary to spell out "Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco" in
ads.
Everyone knew what it meant. The initials
said it all.
During World War II, Lucky Strikes were provided free to U.S.
Soldiers by the military and they were also used as a form of
currency for barter by troops.
The American Tobacco Historic District where this cache is
hidden is the former manufacturing plant of Lucky Strike
cigarettes. In its heyday, trains traveled through the center of
the factory site and off-loaded cured tobacco which was sent via
conveyor belt into the plant to be processed into Lucky Strike
cigarettes.
The plant, warehouses and other buildings have been renovated
and the original Lucky Strike water tower and smokestack now tower
over offices and restaurants. A water course with fountains,
waterfalls and raceways now runs through the center of the
facility.
You are looking for a magnetized APS film can and the cache's
name is a clue to its location (and so is a bit of the history
above). It isn't cammo'd, but will blend with its hiding place.
There's active construction near this
location, so muggles are around and the resident security guards as
are in force as well. Be stealthy when finding and rehiding the
cache container. Please be sure to put it back in the correct spot
where it's not too visible.
Log only in this one. Bring a pen please.
For those who search such things, the Lucky Strike Water Tower
is a USGS
Benchmark. The Water Tower is also a
Waymark.
There is free visitor parking on the first level of the parking
structure on Willard Street just west of Blackwell Street, facing
the Durham Freeway.
Have fun!