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Collection Summary

Scope and Content Note

Organized/Arranged

Selected Search Terms

Container List

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

Tobacco label collection (Library of Congress)

Prepared by Prints & Photographs Division staff

2002

Collection Summary

Title Tobacco label collection
Dates ca. 1844-1890bulk 1861-1887
Abstract: These labels and advertisements for tobacco reflect varied aspects of American history, popular culture, and politics of the nineteenth century.
Extent: ca. 900 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color, 35 x 43 cm. or smaller
Language: Collection material in English
Identification: LOT 10618
Location:

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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Selected Search Terms

Subjects

  • African Americans--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.
  • Indians of North America--1840-1890.
  • Love--1840-1890.
  • Sports--1840-1890.
  • Supernatural beings--1840-1890.
  • Theatrical productions--1840-1890.
  • Tobacco industry--1840-1890.
  • Women--1840-1890.

Places

  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel.

Form/Genre

  • 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.

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Organized/Arranged

Sorted into eighty-three subject categories. Subject arrangement covers events (listed chronologically), portraits, and general topics (alphabetical).

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Container List

LOT 10618-1Discovery & exploration 4 items

LOT 10618-2War (portraits, Declaration of Ind.), 1775-1881 5 items

LOT 10618-3War, 1812 1 item

LOT 10618-4War (Mexican), 1846-1848 4 items

LOT 10618-5War (Civil), 1861-1865 13 items

LOT 10618-6War (Union and Confederate generals), 1861-1865 11 items

LOT 10618-7Views, U.S. (2 folders) 30 items

LOT 10618-8New York State (Seals, symbols, etc.) 6 items

LOT 10618-9Cuba 4 items

LOT 10618-10Europe (2 folders) 32 items

LOT 10618-11Japan & Japanese 6 items

LOT 10618-12Near East & Turkey 21 items

LOT 10618-13Views, foreign 3 items

LOT 10618-14U.S. Presidents 4 items

LOT 10618-15Garibaldi, Giuseppe 4 items

LOT 10618-16Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) 2 items

LOT 10618-17Lee, Robert E. 5 items

LOT 10618-18Acrobats 2 items

LOT 10618-61African Americans 14 items

LOT 10618-19Agriculture & farming 4 items

LOT 10618-20Allegories 9 items

LOT 10618-21Amazons 3 items

LOT 10618-22Angelic figures 4 items

LOT 10618-23Animals 29 items

LOT 10618-24Animals (comic) 4 items

LOT 10618-25Atlantic Cable 3 items

LOT 10618-26Balloons 1 item

LOT 10618-27Baseball 4 items

LOT 10618-28Beehives 2 items

LOT 10618-29Biblical illustrations 2 items

LOT 10618-30Bicycles & bicycling 14 items

LOT 10618-31Birds & amphibians 7 items

LOT 10618-32Birds (comic) 2 items

LOT 10618-33Boxing 4 items

LOT 10618-34Cavaliers 2 items

LOT 10618-35Children 14 items

LOT 10618-36Christmas 1 item

LOT 10618-37Daily life & activities 27 items

LOT 10618-38Dancers & dancing 10 items

LOT 10618-39Fashions 6 items

LOT 10618-40Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S. 26 items

LOT 10618-41Flowers 7 items

LOT 10618-42Foreign trade 1 item

LOT 10618-43Fraternal organizations (Concordia Mannerchor) 1 item

LOT 10618-44Fruit (includes one engraving on wood) 7 items

LOT 10618-45Horses & horse racing (2 folders) 18 items

LOT 10618-46Humor 14 items

LOT 10618-47Hunting & fishing 7 items

LOT 10618-48Indians & Indian life (2 folders) 25 items

LOT 10618-49Industry, business, manufacture 4 items

LOT 10618-50Justice 3 items

LOT 10618-51Knickerbocker, Diedrich (fictional character) 3 items

LOT 10618-52Knights & crusaders 7 items

LOT 10618-53Literary characters & authors (2 folders) 20 items

LOT 10618-54Locks & keys 1 item

LOT 10618-55Love & courtship 14 items

LOT 10618-56Portraits, Men (2 folders) 22 items

LOT 10618-57Military organizations 7 items

LOT 10618-58Monks 2 items

LOT 10618-59Mythology (Gods & goddesses) (3 folders) 32 items

LOT 10618-60Navy, U.S. 5 items

LOT 10618-62Nudes (2 folders) 23 items

LOT 10618-63Organ (Great Organ Tobacco) 1 item

LOT 10618-64Pioneer west 10 items

LOT 10618-65Politics 2 items

LOT 10618-66Portraits (2 folders) 27 items

LOT 10618-67Railroads 4 items

LOT 10618-68Roman life & times 3 items

LOT 10618-69Seals & emblems (2 folders) 26 items

LOT 10618-70Ships (clipper & steam) 2 folders; 21 items

LOT 10618-71Smoking (2 folders) 31 items

LOT 10618-72Sports (General) 7 items

LOT 10618-73Theater & theatrical personalities 21 items

LOT 10618-74Tobacco labels (text) (2 folders) 27 items

LOT 10618-75Tobacco (leaf, growing, shipping) 10 items

LOT 10618-76Tobacco (manufacture, retailing) 6 items

LOT 10618-77Tobacco currency 1 item

LOT 10618-78Women (sentimental portraits) (5 folders) 101 items

LOT 10618-79Zouaves 1 item

LOT 10618-80Tobacco labels (miscellany) (2 folders) 29 items

LOT 10618-81Eclipse 1 item

LOT 10618-82Far East 2 items

LOT 10618-83Fenian movement 2 items

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