A Perilous Wooing, from the Honest Library series (N115) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco

Donaldson Brothers|W. Duke, Sons & Co.

1896 · Commercial color lithograph · Drawings and Prints

A Perilous Wooing, from the Honest Library series (N115) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco — Donaldson Brothers|W. Duke, Sons & Co.

Trade cards/ booklets from the "Honest Library'" series (N115), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 in 1896 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. Each booklet consists of 16 pages of text and illustrations on a theme. Two other cigarette companies released the series in the same year, Gail & Ax (Navy Library) and Whitlock (Cheroots Library).

Artist
Donaldson Brothers|W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Date
1896
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
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