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Ye old way / George H. Walker & Co. lith., Boston, Massachusetts.

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Print shows seven men in barbershop, one is getting a shave.

Q14475 U.S. Copyright Office.

Copyright 1885 by W.A. George.

Copyright stamp and number appear on lower left corner.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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01/01/1885
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Geo. H. Walker & Co.
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Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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barbershops shaving chromolithographs color way walker boston mass massachusetts lithographs prints george 19th century history of boston popular graphic arts geo h walker and co ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress