Mule ear--Harris, Beebe & Cos., Quincy, Ill. / The Hatch Lith. Co., 32 & 34 Vesey St. N.Y. – Antique Wall Art
(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: Mule ear--Harris, Beebe & Cos., Quincy, Ill. / The Hatch Lith. Co., 32 & 34 Vesey St. N.Y., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Mule ear--Harris, Beebe & Cos., Quincy, Ill. / The Hatch Lith. Co., 32 & 34 Vesey St. N.Y.
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The name on this label, "Mule Ear," points to the plug tobacco it once wrapped, with a mule's ear drawn as the central emblem. It was printed for Harris, Beebe & Co. of Quincy, Illinois, a Mississippi River city, and lithographed in New York by the Hatch Lithograph Company on Vesey Street. Around 1868, makers of tobacco and other goods used colorful chromolithographs like this one to make their packages stand out on crowded store shelves. The copyright notice in the record shows the firm sought legal protection for the design.
| Created / published | c1868. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Tobacco package labels 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | 4958E U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris, Beebe & Co. |
| Subjects | Animals in human situations--1860-1870. Mules--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,462 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218235 |
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