[Stock card] – Historic Reproduction
![[Stock card], 1871 — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/15/158f07f9f19e-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 color lithograph dated 1871, this piece belongs to a class of printed tobacco package labels that were pasted onto cigar boxes, tins, and pouches to sell the product at a glance. Lithography allowed printers to reproduce bright, multicolored designs in large runs, and by the 1870s such labels were a common form of commercial art in the United States and Europe. Makers often combined decorative borders, lettering, and pictorial vignettes to set one brand apart from the crowded shelves of a tobacconist's counter. The record does not name the brand or the artist, so the design details are the best guide to its original use.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Tobacco package labels 1870-1880.Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | LOT subdivision subject: Miscellaneous. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,212 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118904 |
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