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Prosperity – Antique Print

Prosperity, c1887. — antique lithograph
Prosperity, c1887.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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*Prosperity* is an allegorical design, a figure standing for a idea rather than a real person, and it was printed as a label for a tobacco package around 1887. Color lithography was the main way to decorate such labels in the 1880s, and the New York firm Schumacher & Ettlinger, named on the copyright line, was one of the lithographers producing them. Makers used allegory like this to give a brand a pleasant, respectable image that buyers could recognize at a glance. The label shows how commercial printers borrowed classical and symbolic imagery to sell an everyday product.

Created / publishedc1887.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreTobacco package labels 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890.
NotesLOT subdivision subject: Allegories. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Schumacher & Ettlinger, N.Y.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,085 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118910

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