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Whistler clear Havana cigars--Palace Hotel cigar store, San Francisco, California – Vintage Print

Whistler clear Havana cigars--Palace Hotel cigar store, San Francisco, California, [between 1890? and 192-] — historic print
Whistler clear Havana cigars--Palace Hotel cigar store, San Francisco, California, [between 1890? and 192-]. Historic print from the San Francisco 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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Whistler clear Havana cigars--Palace Hotel cigar store, San Francisco, California

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A color halftone advertises Whistler clear Havana cigars, with the artist's name serving as the selling point at the Palace Hotel cigar store in San Francisco. The Palace, which opened on Market Street in 1875, was one of the city's best-known hotels, and its retail counters drew both travelers and local businessmen. Commercial tie-ins that borrowed a celebrated painter's name were common by the 1890s, and Whistler, who was known for guarding his reputation, was not pleased by many of them. The Whistleriana collection that holds this piece was assembled by Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell, who documented his career and preserved ephemera like this one.

Created / published[between 1890? and 192-]
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenrePortrait prints 1890-1930.Packages 1890-1930.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1890-1920.
NotesJoseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana.
SubjectsWhistler, James McNeill,--1834-1903--Associated objects.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,219 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184114

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