Tobacco label collection (Library of Congress)
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2002696082
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Prints & Photographs DivisionLibrary of Congress Washington, D.C.
Finding aid converted by Prints & Photographs Division staff June, 2002
Encoded Archival Description
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Tobacco label collection ca. 1844-1890 bulk 1861-1887
ca. 900 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color, 35 x 43 cm. or smaller
Scope and Content Note 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.
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Discovery & exploration
War (portraits, Declaration of Ind.), 1775-1881
War, 1812
War (Mexican), 1846-1848
War (Civil), 1861-1865
War (Union and Confederate generals), 1861-1865
Views, U.S.
New York State (Seals, symbols, etc.)
Cuba
Europe
Japan & Japanese
Near East & Turkey
Views, foreign
U.S. Presidents
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)
Lee, Robert E.
Acrobats
African Americans
Agriculture & farming
Allegories
Amazons
Angelic figures
Animals
Animals (comic)
Atlantic Cable
Balloons
Baseball
Beehives
Biblical illustrations
Bicycles & bicycling
Birds & amphibians
Birds (comic)
Boxing
Cavaliers
Children
Christmas
Daily life & activities
Dancers & dancing
Fashions
Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S.
Flowers
Foreign trade
Fraternal organizations (Concordia Mannerchor)
Fruit (includes one engraving on wood)
Horses & horse racing
Humor
Hunting & fishing
Indians & Indian life
Industry, business, manufacture
Justice
Knickerbocker, Diedrich (fictional character)
Knights & crusaders
Literary characters & authors
Locks & keys
Love & courtship
Portraits, Men
Military organizations
Monks
Mythology (Gods & goddesses)
Navy, U.S.
Nudes
Organ (Great Organ Tobacco)
Pioneer west
Politics
Portraits
Railroads
Roman life & times
Seals & emblems
Ships (clipper & steam)
Smoking
Sports (General)
Theater & theatrical personalities
Tobacco labels (text)
Tobacco (leaf, growing, shipping)
Tobacco (manufacture, retailing)
Tobacco currency
Women (sentimental portraits)
Zouaves
Tobacco labels (miscellany)
Eclipse
Far East
Fenian movement