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Lean Jack Virginia smoking tobacco – Antique Wall Art

Lean Jack Virginia smoking tobacco, [S.l. : s.n.], c1867. — antique lithograph
Lean Jack Virginia smoking tobacco, [S.l. : s.n.], c1867.. Antique lithograph from the Tobacco collection.

(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 Lean Jack Virginia smoking tobacco, an antique lithograph 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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Lean Jack Virginia smoking tobacco

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Lean Jack was a brand of smoking tobacco, and this lithograph served as its package label. The print was entered for copyright by Solomon, Spear & Co. in the Southern District of New York and deposited on August 9, 1867, which is why a copy survives in the Library of Congress. After the Civil War, tobacco makers relied on colorful lithographed labels to set their brands apart on crowded shop shelves. Registering a label under federal copyright law gave the maker some protection against imitators, so the record also offers a useful glimpse of how those businesses guarded their designs.

Created / published[S.l. : s.n.], c1867.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreTobacco package labels 1860-1870.Lithographs 1860-1870.
NotesTitle from item. Entered according to Act of Congress, by Solomon, Spear & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court, for the Southern Dist. of New York. Deposited Aug. 9th 1867. No. 814.
SubjectsTobacco products--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,885 × 6,129 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-225634

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