American Workman cigar label with a worker and tools – Vintage Wall Art
(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: American Workman cigar label with a worker and tools, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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American Workman cigar label with a worker and tools
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The "American Workman" label shows a worker alongside his tools, a choice that put the laborer front and center on a product sold for pleasure. Cigar labels like this were color lithographs pasted onto boxes and bundles in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when manufacturers competed for shop-counter attention with bold graphics and patriotic or trade-themed names. Labels of this kind now survive as popular collectibles, and their imagery offers a glimpse of how working people were pictured in advertising of the era.
| Original scan | 994 × 603 px |
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| Reference | MEN43 |
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