Ship Owners and Merchant Tug Boat Company

Emmanuel Wyttenbach|H. S. Crocker & Co.

after 1882 · Lithograph · Drawings and Prints

Chromolithographs became common a decade or so after the end of the Civil War and commercial advertising encouraged the expansion of the technique. This small-scale poster printed by one of the earliest and most successful San Francisco publishers promotes the Ship Owners & Merchants Tug Boat Company, featuring the firm’s capabilities, the names of its acting directors, and its boats with their trademark red funnel with black tops.

Artist

Emmanuel Wyttenbach|H. S. Crocker & Co.

Date

after 1882

Medium

Lithograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948