Held by the enemy. – Vintage Print
(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 window into the past: Held by the enemy., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Printed in Cincinnati and New York, this color lithograph advertised *Held by the Enemy*, a Civil War melodrama that toured American theaters in the late 1800s. The Strobridge Lithographing Company, based in Cincinnati, was one of the best-known makers of theatrical and circus posters of its day, and its large, brightly colored sheets were built to be read from across a street. Posters like this one were pasted on fences, storefronts and station walls to draw audiences to traveling productions. At 71 by 101 centimeters, it was sized to catch the eye of passersby.
| Created / published | Cin'ti ; N.Y. : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 71 x 101 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,648 × 3,781 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220754 |
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