U.S.S. Texas, from the Transparencies series (N137) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco

W. Duke, Sons & Co.

late 1880s · Commercial color lithograph · Drawings and Prints

U.S.S. Texas, from the Transparencies series (N137) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco — W. Duke, Sons & Co.

Trade cards from the "Transparencies" series (N137), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in the late 1880s by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. Each image is printed on very thin paper, intended to be transparent when held up to the light.

Artist
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Date
late 1880s
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
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