The Happy Medium – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of The Happy Medium. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Happy Medium
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Printed in 1870 as a package label for Hatch and Co., this lithograph is titled *The Happy Medium* and is one of the few pictures on this board made for tobacco packaging. Labels like this were pasted onto boxes to catch a buyer's eye at the shop counter, so the printed image had to make its point quickly. The catalog assigns the label to agriculture and viticulture, which points to a rural or farm theme, though the record does not describe the scene itself. Its place in the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division preserves an example of everyday commercial printing from the period.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Tobacco package labels 1870.Lithographs 1870. |
| Notes | LOT subdivision subject: Agriculture and farming viticulture. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Lithograph by Hatch and Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 768 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111234 |
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