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Westward Ho! Tobacco – Historic Print

Westward Ho! Tobacco, c1868. — antique lithograph
Westward Ho! Tobacco, c1868.. Antique lithograph from the Tobacco collection.

(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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*Westward Ho!* is a color lithograph from about 1868, printed as a tobacco package label, a form of advertising meant to catch a buyer's eye on a crowded shop shelf. Its title points to the pioneer West, a theme that ran through American popular imagery after the Civil War, when railroads and settlers pushed beyond the Mississippi. The label was made by Louis Nelke & Co. of Chicago, a city that had become a busy center for commercial lithography, and its copyright was registered to James Geary.

Created / publishedc1868.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreTobacco package labels 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870.
NotesLOT subdivision subject: Pioneer West. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Lithograph by Louis Nelke & Co., Chicago. Copyright by James Geary.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan746 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176866

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