[Uncle Sam's coffee] / Kilburn & Mallory. – Historic Reproduction
![[Uncle Sam's coffee] / Kilburn & Mallory., c1863. — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6c/6ca41d74a6f8-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.)
Description
This rare antique engraving captures [Uncle Sam's coffee] / Kilburn & Mallory. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Uncle Sam's coffee] / Kilburn & Mallory.
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Uncle Sam, the familiar personification of the national government, is pressed into service here to sell coffee, a pairing that suited a country at war. Coffee was a prized item in Union army rations, and it was also sold widely to civilians, so a grocer's label that borrowed the national figure would have been a familiar sight in the 1860s. Color engravings like this one were used to catch the eye on packaging and advertising, tying an everyday product to the patriotic mood of the time.
| Created / published | c1863. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving, color. |
| Genre | Labels 1860-1870.Engravings Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Copyright by Faxon Brothers, v. 38, no. 125, pg. 180. |
| Subjects | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1860-1870. Coffee--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,631 × 3,750 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216199 |
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