Betun de Mason – Antique Wall Art
![Betun de Mason, Philadelphia : Inquirer Printers, [18--] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0e/0e2d8e62e947-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Betun de Mason, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Betun de Mason
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Its title, *Betun de Mason*, is Spanish for shoe polish or blacking, and "de Mason" may refer to a maker or brand, though the record does not say. The poster was printed by Inquirer Printers in Philadelphia and is dated only to the 1800s, and its details come from an old caption card that has not been verified. Tall, narrow color posters like this were common in late nineteenth-century advertising, when lithographed signs were pasted on walls, fences, and storefronts. The board groups it under Freemasons, so the imagery may draw on fraternal symbols, a common selling device of the period.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : Inquirer Printers, [18--] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 207 x 79 cm. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 684 × 1,686 px · prints to 2 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172679 |
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