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The Lotus, April 15, 1896 : Price 5 cents / MK – Vintage Print

The Lotus, April 15, 1896 : Price 5 cents / MK, 1896 — vintage poster
The Lotus, April 15, 1896 : Price 5 cents / MK, 1896. Vintage poster from the Books & Writers 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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The Lotus, April 15, 1896 : Price 5 cents / MK

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Dated April 15, 1896, and priced at five cents, this poster promoted a periodical called *The Lotus* rather than a single book or author. The caption card credits Max Knowles as the designer, though the record notes that these details are unverified. Mid-1890s publishers often turned to large, colorful lithographed posters, a style that Jules Chéret had popularized in Paris, to catch the eye of passersby. The piece offers a glimpse of how magazines were marketed to the public in that period.

Created / published1896
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
NotesPoster by Max Knowles. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan729 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-173902

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