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Fancy Stock label with three horses and horseshoe – Vintage Print

Fancy Stock label with three horses and horseshoe — historic image
Fancy Stock label with three horses and horseshoe. Historic image from the Horses collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

A window into the past: Fancy Stock label with three horses and horseshoe, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

Fancy Stock label with three horses and horseshoe

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A horseshoe hangs above three horses on this fancy stock label, and the charm it carries of luck and good fortune gives the scene a cheerful, promotional tone. Labels like this were pasted onto crates and boxes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when color lithography made bright, inexpensive pictures practical for selling goods. Makers often chose animals, flowers and familiar emblems that shoppers would notice on a crowded shelf, so horses were a natural choice. The company and product behind this particular label are not identified here.

Original scan733 × 806 px
ReferenceHor5

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