Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & Co., lard refiners, Chicago & St. Louis – Historic Print
![Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & Co., lard refiners, Chicago & St. Louis, [ca. 1890] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4c8d1e04bfca-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 window into the past: Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & Co., lard refiners, Chicago & St. Louis, preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fairbank's cherubs--Presented with the compliments of N.K. Fairbank & Co., lard refiners, Chicago & St. Louis
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Cherubs and swine share the frame in this color lithograph, a pairing of angels and hogs that was unusual even for the sentimental advertising of the 1890s. N.K. Fairbank & Co. refined lard in Chicago and St. Louis, and the piece was issued as a presentation print, the kind of picture businesses gave customers to keep their name in homes. Chicago's packing houses made the city a center of the American pork trade in these years, so a lard maker advertising with hogs tied its product to a local industry. The print also carries a U.S. copyright notice, showing the firm treated the design as protected property.
| Created / published | [ca. 1890] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1890.Lithographs Color 1890. |
| Notes | 15175 U.S. Copyright office. |
| Subjects | Swine--1890. Angels--1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 975 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136846 |
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