Rover cigar box label with St. Bernard dog – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Rover cigar box label with St. Bernard dog in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Rover cigar box label with St. Bernard dog
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Painted on the lid of a cigar box label, the St. Bernard here is the working breed in its most recognizable form: heavy-coated, broad-headed, and posed as the loyal companion the name Rover suggested to tobacco buyers of the period. Advertising of this kind, printed in bright chromolithography, leaned on dogs to suggest reliability and good humor, and the breed's association with mountain rescue in the Swiss Alps made it an especially appealing emblem. Labels like this were often kept as collectibles long after the cigars were gone, which is why so many survive today.
| Original scan | 921 × 640 px |
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| Reference | Dog17 |
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