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• Collection: Groups of Images (LOTs)
• Collection: Guide Records

• Title: Tobacco label collection (Library of Congress)
• Date Created/Published: ca. 1844-1890, bulk 1861-1887.
• Medium: whole collection ca. 900 items
  ca. 900 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 35 x 43 cm. or smaller.
• Summary: Images reflect varied aspects of American history, popular culture, and politics of the nineteenth century. Examples of topics depicted include African Americans, animals, children, Civil War generals, events, flags, gods & goddesses, humorous situations, Indians, literary characters, people smoking, portraits of American and European political figures, sports, symbols, the theater and theatrical personalities, the tobacco industry, and women.
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  
• Call Number: LOT 10618 (H) [P&P]
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
• Notes:
  • Arrangement: Sorted into eighty-three subject categories.
  • Finding aid listing the eighty-three subject categories is available in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room. Also available online https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002002
  • Digitized images of many prints in the collection and their associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog by searching using the call number: LOT 10618.
  • LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • Former LOT title:Tobacco label collection (Library of Congress): pictorial americana.
  • Many images are printed on colored paper.
  • Prints are mounted on paper 18 x 14 in. or smaller.
  • The collection also includes one engraving on wood (10618-44) and four portrait photographs (10618-43, 10618-56, and 10618-78).
  • Early tobacco labels served primarily to identify products and brand names. Later, as printing techniques developed illustration and color were incorporated with text to produce eye-catching designs meant to attract consumers to buy a particular product.
  • Special Collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by Annette Melville. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1980, no. 241
  • Copyright deposit; 1840-1890.
• Subjects:
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel.
  • African Americans--1840-1890.
  • Indians of North America--1840-1890.
  • Animals--1840-1890.
  • Children--1840-1890.
  • Courtship--1840-1890.
  • Emblems--1840-1890.
  • Entertainers--1840-1890.
  • Entertainment--1840-1890.
  • Events--1840-1890.
  • Fictitious characters--1840-1890.
  • Flags--1840-1890.
  • Love--1840-1890.
  • Sports--1840-1890.
  • Supernatural beings--1840-1890.
  • Theatrical productions--1840-1890.
  • Tobacco industry--1840-1890.
  • Women--1840-1890.
• Format:
  • Engravings--1840-1890.
  • Etchings--1840-1890.
  • Genre prints--1840-1890.
  • Humorous pictures--1840-1890.
  • Lithographs--1840-1890.
  • Portrait prints--1840-1890.
  • Tobacco package labels--1840-1890.
• Collections:
  • Groups of Images (LOTs)
  • Guide Records
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• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Call Number: LOT 10618 (H) [P&P]
• Medium: whole collection ca. 900 items
  ca. 900 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 35 x 43 cm. or smaller.

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• Call Number: LOT 10618 (H) [P&P]
• Medium: whole collection ca. 900 items
  ca. 900 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 35 x 43 cm. or smaller.

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