What is it. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Elegant monkey dressed in 18th century court costume with three hairy monkeys looking at him in amazement. LOT subdivision subject: Animals (comic). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
Tobacco currency - furnished by the manufacturers Pearl & Obreight
Imitation of dollar bill showing portrait of George Washington and amount of ten cents. Green print on off-white background. LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco currency. Title and other information transcribed fr... More
Maccoboy Snuff - First quality, rose scented - Manufactured by Edward ...
Sailor and Native American sitting on pedestal, surrounded by flags and an eagle. LOT subdivision subject: Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and it... More
E. Goodwin & Brother's Spanish mixed smoking tobacco. 153, South Stree...
Tobacco label showing farmer contentedly smoking pipe on porch with family. LOT subdivision subject: Daily life and activities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More
Boggs & Gregory's Jenny Lind fine cut cavendish
Tobacco label with head and shoulders portrait of Jenny Lind. LOT subdivision subject: Theater and theatrical personalities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Boggs & Grego... More
Everett cigarros puros superiores, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Edward Everett, Senator, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, on tobacco label. By R.M. Staigg; engraved by J. Cheney.
National Guard half pounds. Manufactured by Baker Pleasants & Frayser,...
Tobacco label showing three officers of the New York State Militia wearing shakos. Copyright by G.W. Hillman & Co.
X-X Brand--Petersburg, Virginia / C.A. Butler del.
Tobacco label, illustrated with cannon with banner, cannonballs, and bag labeled "Capt. Bragg, a little more grape" on fort in foreground; tents in background. Copyright by DuBois Vandervoort. No. 89.
Millenium - Drawing. Public domain image.
Symbolic illustration of the inauguration of the opening of telegraph connections between America and Europe. LOT subdivision subject: Atlantic Cable. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. ... More
The Fenian's comfort smoking tobacco
LOT subdivision subject: Fenian movement. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by J. B. Philp Lith., S. Spruce Street, N.Y.
Empire State - Engraving, Public domain image
LOT subdivision subject: New York State (Seals, Symbols, etc.). Copyright by DuBois & Vandervoot. Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 448 Broadway, N.Y. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
Clippers - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco label showing Yankee Clipper ship. LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by John J. Levy, manufacturer, 177 & ... More
Harris, Beebe & Co's Specimen Brand - choice Honey Dew tobacco, Quincy...
LOT subdivision subject: Children. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Lithograph by Hatch Litho Co. Copyright by Harris & Beebe. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial ... More
La Normandi - Engraving, Public domain image
LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco - manufacture, retailing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A Bijur.
Mary & Lizzie - Segars Manufactory of the best vuelta-abajo tobacco by...
LOT subdivision subject: tobacco labels - Miscellaneous. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by W.S. Huntoon & Son.
Crusader--Fabrica de tabacos--De superior calidad de la Vuelia-Abajo d...
Tobacco label showing armored knight leading his horse, by the bridle, toward a castle in the distance. Copyright by Th. G. Little.
My Uncle Toby's Tobacco - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...
Gentleman in white peruke and 18th century costume talking to a lady. LOT subdivision subject: Literature and portraits of authors - Literary and famous figures. Title and other information transcribed from cap... More
Yorktown - Public domain image of steamship
Sidewheeler using steam as auxiliary power, showing men with crates of tobacco marked "P.B." (Paulin Byrd). LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other information transcribed from capti... More
The Queen of the trotting turf. Manufactured by Seth Halsey, Lynchburg...
Tobacco label showing jockey on four wheeler pulled by horse, on racetrack.
El Socrates - Engraving, Public domain image
LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Bijur.
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[Tobacco label showing "old Nick" (Santa Claus) dropping cigar package...
Copyright by J.C. Partridge & Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Holidays Christmas; Tobacco Advert.; Tobacco Smoking; Artists, Publ. I.; Santa Claus; Tobacc... More
El Pythagoras - Fabrica de Tobacos de las mejores vegas de la vuelta-a...
LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
Great Eastern, engraving, Library of Congress
Advertisement label showing sidewheeler. LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Ad Koop and Sattler. Caption card tr... More
El Alabama fabrica de tabacos de las mejores vegas de la vuelta abajo
Tobacco label showing bales of tobacco carried by several laborers from tobacco plantation to a sailboat moored below the plantation.
Brick Pomeroy's campaign smoking tobacco
Tobacco label showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Marcus Mills Pomeroy, author, autographed with the legend "Thine for the right."
My pride--manufactured of the best quality of Vuelta Abajo tobacco by ...
Tobacco label showing woman concentrating on her embroidery, while sitting in a high backed chair.
Fabrica de Tobacos de Henrique Wiley
Cigar factory workroom showing strippers and packers at work. LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco - Manufacture, retailing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Tobacco... More
Old Hickory - fabrica de tobacos - superiores de la vuelta abajo - Hab...
Print shows a tobacco labeled with Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory", at the Battle of New Orleans, 1815, with other officers on horseback. Copyright by Thomas G. Little. Entered according to Act of congress in th... More
El Muchacho de Benecia, Benecia Boy, Fabrica de tobacos, Habana
Tobacco label showing two boxers in action. World championship bout - Tom Heenan & Tom Sayers. LOT subdivision subject: Boxing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by G. G. Hill.
John C. Heenan - An old drawing of a boxing match
Prizefighter knocking his opponent off his feet in the ring. LOT subdivision subject: Boxing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by F. Rosenbush.
Does your mother know you're out?
Humorous farm scene showing chick emerging from shell in farmyard with dovecote in background. LOT subdivision subject: Birds and amphibians. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. ... More
Sailor boy - Engraving, Public domain image
Sailor boy smoking a cigarette, looking out to sea, where a three mast ship is approaching to pick up boxes of cigars for the foreign market. LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other ... More
McClellan, Confederate States of America, American Civil War.
George B. McClellan on horseback wielding sword. LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil war. Generals, Union and Confederate) Title and other information transcribed from item. Manufactured and copyrigh... More
Major Anderson cigars., Confederate States of America
LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil War. Generals, Union and Confederate) Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Woodcut by Calkins & Goodwin.
Our Country's pride, Confederate States of America
Shows Major Generals A.E. Burnside, Joseph Hooker, Philip Henry Sheridan, George B. McClellan, Franz Sigel, George Meade, Henry W. Halleck, on horseback. LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil War. Gene... More
The twin sisters liberty and union
A tobacco label produced for C.S. Allen & Company, bearing a patriotic emblem of the mutuality of Liberty and the Union--clearly designed to appeal to Northern sentiments. The two ideals are personified by wome... More
Tobacco label; "Take it easy - S.A." shows man relaxing with cigar and...
Woodcut, entered by S. Anschel. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
The Conscript during American Civil War
LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil War). Copyright by J. Straiton. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
Alexander Imperials - Public domain photogrpaph
Portrait of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. LOT subdivision subject: Europe (royalty). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lith. of F. Heppenheimer, 22 N. William St., N.Y. Cop... More
Leviathan fabrica de Tabacos de superior calidad - J.H.O. Habana
Sheet of five identical tobacco labels illustrated with American Eagle, motto, and colors above Mississippi sidewheeler Leviathan. LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other information... More
Amazon - Drawing. Public domain image.
Amazon fighting wild beast on horseback. LOT subdivision subject: Amazons. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Prize medal awarded--Suggett & Kimball's peerless tobacco / lith. of M...
Tobacco label showing full-length portrait of a nude woman draped with diaphanous sheet, floating over landscape. Copyright by Suggett & Kimball.
El Compañero - Engraving, Public domain image
Saint Bernard dog standing on a pier by the sea. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Segar Manufactory of the best Vuelto-Abajo Tobacco by Jno. Bollmann & ...
Tobacco label showing American eagle, flag and Liberty cap with banner proclaiming President Andrew Johnson. LOT subdivision subject: Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S. Title and other information transcrib... More
Everybody's favorite - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco label showing American eagle. LOT subdivision subject: Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by H. James. Lithograph by Mer... More
The Frontier - Engraving, Public domain image
Tobacco label showing bear mauling fallen horse and Indian. LOT subdivision subject: Indians and Indian life (anonymous) Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Color lithograph by Major & Kn... More
Neptune, Manufactured by J.L. Adams.
Tobacco label illustrated with 2 nymphs and 2 horses pulling Neptune through water. LOT subdivision subject: Mythology (Greek and Roman) - Gods. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and ite... More
The Inimitable - manufactured of the choicest Havana tobacco by N.& U....
Joan of Arc receiving fleur de lis flag from Virgin and child. LOT subdivision subject: Allegories. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Newman & Ullman. Lith. of F. ... More
The pride of Columbus - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Tobacco label showing Native American presenting Christopher Columbus with a sheaf of tobacco leaves; three monkeys, a dog, and a rabbit are smoking on a branch above.
De Soto--Fabrica de tabacos de la vuelya abajo / lith. of F. Heppenhei...
Tobacco label showing Native Americans greeting Hernando De Soto and crew coming ashore in a small boat. Copyright by James Little & Co.
The power of fashion - Defiance Cigar Manufactory - D.H.
Tobacco package label showing an African American woman sitting on a step at the entrance to a building, smoking a cigar; she is wearing torn clothing and a dog is sitting beside her. Entered according to Act ... More
Social, engraving, Library of Congress
Copyright by Moller A. Forest, New York. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Eureka - Drawing. Public domain image., engraving, Library of Congress
A pointer is surprised to find a cat in his favorite hide out. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dogs & Cats; Tobacco; Shelf.
Savannella. Manufactured of the best vuelta de abajo tobacco.
Tobacco label showing U.S. eagle. LOT subdivision subject: Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by C. F. Spina. Caption card tracings: Tob... More
La Parepa - A label with a picture of a man wearing a crown
LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco labels - Miscellaneous. Title and other information transcribed from item. Copyright by Lichtenstein Bros. & Co.
Old Reliable - Engraving, Public domain image
Saint Bernard dog resting on a chest. He seems to be guarding a key suspended on the wall behind him. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card t... More
Ketler's Anti-Nervous Cigars - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...
Label without any illustrative material. Only testimonial by the manufacturer, William J. Ketler of Philadelphia, regarding his product. LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco labels (plain, text only). Title and o... More
Falstaff - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Congr...
Sir John Falstaff talking to tiny page boy--scene from a Shakespeare play. LOT subdivision subject: Literature and portraits of authors - Fictional characters. Title and other information transcribed from capti... More
Mule ear--Harris, Beebe & Cos., Quincy, Ill. / The Hatch Lith. Co., 32...
Tobacco label showing full-length portrait of a mule standing on hind legs, wearing robe and glasses, and carrying tobacco leaves. 4958E U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris, Beebe & Co.
Fanchon - manufactured of the best quality of vualta abajo tobacco by ...
LOT subdivision subject: Theater and theatrical personalities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Lowenthal & Co.
El Persuado - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco label showing man shooting woman with pistol. LOT subdivision subject: Daily life and activities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Morse & Williams.
The Grand Duchess - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Theater and theatrical personalities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Seemüller & Sons.
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[Jupiter, clutching thunderbolts and carrying a shield, descends to ea...
Copyright by Schroeder & Bon. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Buffalo Smoking Tobacco. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
A buffalo. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bison; Tobacco Ad.; Shelf.
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Jean Nicot presenting the tobacco plant to Queen Catherine de Medicis ...
Copyright by Levy Bros. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Genuine Havana - Public domain print
Three Cuban beauties sitting on a balcony smoking Havana cigars. Romantic genre scene. LOT subdivision subject: Smoking (men, women, children in the act of) - Children, Women. Title and other information transc... More
Narragansett Park. Manufactured of the finest selection of Vuelta Abaj...
Tobacco label showing entrance to Narragansett Park. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pioneer tobacco. Kentucky. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...
Tobacco label showing man in buckskin, standing on mountain, with two dogs and dead deer. Copyright by Caleb Clark(?).
El Vulcano - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco label showing vulcan, god of fire and patron of metallurgy, making a sword in front of volcano with cutout section. LOT subdivision subject: Mythology (Greek and Roman) Gods. Title and other informati... More
Jupiter cigars for sale here / lith. of F. Heppenheimer & Co., N.Y.
Tobacco label showing Jupiter holding bolt of lightning. Copyright by Schroeder & Bon.
The Welden House cigar. Manufactured by Z.P. King, Hartford, Conn.
Tobacco label showing the Weldon House, St. Alban, Vt. Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ariel / Hatch & Co. Herald Building, N.Y.
Tobacco label showing full-length portrait of a woman riding on a bat. Copyright by Lichtenstein Bros. & Co.
Precious metal - Engraving, Public domain image
Tobacco label showing two female allegorical figures pouring forth gold coins from cornucopias. A king, soldier, musician, painter, gambler and laborer are trying to get their share of the wealth. LOT subdivisi... More
F. H. M. Newcombe's fine cut Cavendish May Blossom smoking tobacco.
Tobacco label showing U. S. eagle. LOT subdivision subject: Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Caption card tracings: Tobacco Advert; Ea... More
As you like it / Hatch & Co. N.Y.
Tobacco label showing pipe-smoking child wearing striped foolscap and riding on a large winged insect. Copyright by Martin & Johnson.
The boss of the ring prime quality smoking tobacco
Caricature bust of William Marcy "Boss" Tweed. LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Manufactured by Ch. Reinhardt. Caption card tracings: Tweed, W. M.;... More
Starlight Bess, of pure Virginia stock
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Our boss, three quarter length portrait
Tobacco label showing Boss Tweed(?) seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing left. Photograph pasted on lithographed label. Copyright by E. Hadra.
19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A drawing of a woman and a man holding guns, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D... More
Missouri Valley. Expressly manufactured for the Omaha market of the fi...
Tobacco label showing riverboat on the Missouri River. Copyright by M.M. Smith.
The Left Bower smoking tobacco Manufactured by Joseph Scheider, 100 Wa...
Tobacco label showing monk pointing to playing cards with a clay pipe.
Velocipede Smoking - Drawing. Public domain image.
Pipe smoking gentleman riding a bicycle. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and bicycling. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. F.W. Felgner 90 & 92 S. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD.
The young swell, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Tobacco label showing head-and-shoulders length portrait of a dog dressed as a human, wearing monocle, with bottle of wine and pipe on table. Copyright by W.P. Kittredge & Co.
Velocipede - Drawing. Public domain image.
Beautiful young lady in frilly summer dress and hat riding a bicycle in the country. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and bicycling. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Velocipede - manufactured from the choicest selection of vuelta abajo ...
Boy and girl riding bicycles in a park followed by a man also on a bicycle. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and bicycling. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by F. Holloway.
First love--Manufactured of the best quality of vuelta abajo tobacco b...
Tobacco label showing a man and a woman speaking over a garden fence. Copyright by Krohn, Feiss & Co.
Buckeye girls manufactured of the best quality of vuelta abaja tobacco...
Illustration shows two young women smoking and dancing arm in arm.
Velocipede - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Tobacco label showing cigar-smoking man riding 2-wheel bicycle. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and Bicycling. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Manufactured by M.V. Noody, T... More
La Veloce - Drawing. Public domain image.
Young lady riding a bicycle, frightened by a horse and streetcar. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and Bicycling. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by L.B. Grim. Har... More
La Temptation - Engraving, Public domain image
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise. LOT subdivision subject: Biblical illustrations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Wm. Lee. Lith. F. Heppenheimer & Co, 22 ... More
Our Own - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Two cigarmakers at work. LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco - Manufacture, retailing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo by E. Klauber pasted on lithographed label.
Can't be beat. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Bicycle race between a lady and a gentleman at a country fair. The background shows a tent with an American flag and a group of interested spectators. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and bicycling. Title and ... More
Moss Agate. - Public domain engraving
Tobacco label showing moose surrounded by oak leaves and laurel wreath borders. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Line engraving by Harris. Caption car... More
Dexter - manufactured from the best selected Havana tobacco.
Jockey trotting along in a red sulky pulled by brown horse. LOT subdivision subject: Horses and horse racing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by J. Mayer & Co. Lit... More
Beauty--Manufactured by R. Wilson & Co., Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Str...
Tobacco label showing little girl dressed in white nightgown, with blue trim, powdering her cheek with a large powder puff. Copyright by R. Wilson & Co.
Shenandoah Valley smoking tobacco Manufactured by William H. Goodwin &...
Print shows tobacco label with scene of Civil War encampment in the Shenandoah Valley. LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil War).
Buffalo Bill / Monsch, Bros., Cin., O.
Buffalo Bill, William Frederick Cody, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in buckskin clothing, with rifle and handgun. Copyright by W.O. Potter.
Poster - Gentlemens' Delight - Public domain lithograph
Tobacco label showing beatiful, raven haired maiden with a broken pearl necklace, from which she is collecting the pearls into a sea shell. LOT subdivision subject: Women (sentimentalized portraits) - Genre sce... More
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[Stock form for tobacco label; girl in apron leaning on broom and smok...
LOT subdivision subject: Smoking (men, women, children in the act of) - Children, Women.
Shoo fly Habana - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Tobacco package label showing an African American banjo player kicking off his shoe at a bothersome fly.