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Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You will catch one in each package of Virginia Bright, ... cigarettes / Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, lith., N.Y. – Antique Wall Art

Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You will catch one in each package of Virginia Bright, ... cigarettes / Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, lith., N.Y., N.Y. : Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, [between 1870 and 1900] — antique lithograph
Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You will catch one in each package of Virginia Bright, ... cigarettes / Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, lith., N.Y., N.Y. : Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, [between 1870 and 1900]. Antique lithograph from the Animals 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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This rare antique lithograph captures Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You will catch one in each package of Virginia Bright, ... cigarettes / Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, lith., N.Y. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You will catch one in each package of Virginia Bright, ... cigarettes / Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, lith., N.Y.

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Few advertisements show the tobacco trade's use of premiums as plainly as this card, which promises one of fifty fish from American waters in every package of Virginia Bright cigarettes. Allen & Ginter of Richmond, Virginia, packed collectible cards like this into its cigarettes to encourage repeat purchases and to build loyalty among smokers. The color lithograph was printed in New York by Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, a firm that produced many colorful advertising cards of the period. Because collectors often tried to complete full sets, the series doubled as an early form of hobby collecting.

Created / publishedN.Y. : Lindner, Eddy & Clauss, [between 1870 and 1900]
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreAdvertisements 1870-1900.Lithographs Color 1870-1900.
NotesTitle from item.
SubjectsFish--1870-1900. Collecting cards--1870-1900. Cigarette industry--United States--1870-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,143 × 1,451 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217067

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