Black Hawk – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Black Hawk. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A chromolithographed tobacco label from the 1870s names Black Hawk, the Sauk chief (1767-1838), and pairs his name with a horse, a combination that signals how the brand hoped to sell itself. Black Hawk led Sauk and Fox resistance in the Black Hawk War of 1832 in Illinois and Wisconsin. After his capture he toured eastern cities, and he died in 1838 in Iowa. Tobacco makers often borrowed the names of famous figures to give their products a bold, outdoorsy image, so the label reveals as much about 1870s advertising as it does about the chief himself. The copyright notation indicates the design was registered under federal copyright law.
| Created / published | [187-(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Tobacco package labels 1870-1880.Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 5033E U.S. Copyright Office |
| Subjects | Black Hawk,--Sauk chief,--1767-1838. Horses--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,446 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217272 |
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