Lincoln Pen label by R. Esterbrook & Co., Philadelphia – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Lincoln Pen label by R. Esterbrook & Co., Philadelphia. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Lincoln Pen label by R. Esterbrook & Co., Philadelphia
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This is not a portrait made for its own sake but a printed label for steel pens from R. Esterbrook & Co. of Philadelphia, where Lincoln's likeness was used to give the product a sense of dignity and familiarity. Nineteenth-century pen makers competed on brand recognition as much as on the quality of their nibs, and paper labels like this one were pasted onto boxes and cards to catch a buyer's eye. Lincoln's image appeared in advertising often in the decades after his death in 1865, when his face had become one of the most recognized in the country. The label is a useful reminder of how commerce folded national figures into everyday objects.
| Original scan | 6,062 × 3,092 px · prints to 20 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 19590u |
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