A. Thomas & Son celebrated grape brand genuine chewing tobacco – Historic Print
![A. Thomas & Son celebrated grape brand genuine chewing tobacco, [between 1860 and 1880] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/96/969a6d8338e0-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.)
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A. Thomas & Son celebrated grape brand genuine chewing tobacco comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A. Thomas & Son celebrated grape brand genuine chewing tobacco
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A. Thomas & Son's grape brand chewing tobacco label is distinguished by its fruit imagery, with grapes chosen as the emblem for a product that was otherwise sold on plugs and twists of leaf. Lithographed in color during the decades between 1860 and 1880, when printed tobacco labels were becoming a standard part of marketing, the design shows how manufacturers used bright, easily recognized pictures to set their goods apart on crowded shop shelves. Such labels were often the only advertising a customer saw before buying, so the choice of a familiar, appealing image mattered. Looking closely at the color work reveals how much effort went into making a small paper wrapper attractive enough to sell the tobacco inside.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Tobacco package labels 1860-1880.Lithographs Color 1860-1880. |
| Subjects | Grapes--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,159 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218223 |
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