Star lobster--Portland Packing Co. – Historic 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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Step back in time with Star lobster--Portland Packing Co., a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Star lobster--Portland Packing Co.
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The lobster here is labeled as the "Star" brand from the Portland Packing Co., which suggests the picture was made to sell a packed product rather than to record a natural subject. Portland, Maine, was one of the centers of the seafood canning trade that expanded along the New England coast in the mid-1800s, when preserved fish and shellfish were reaching markets far from the shore. The copyright credit to Wm. Everdell's Sons points to a New York firm that produced commercial prints and labels in that era. Commercial images like this one show how producers presented their goods to buyers, with bold lettering and an emphasis on the product itself.
| Created / published | 1867 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Copyright by Wm. Everdell's Sons. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,346 × 3,337 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 2 |
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