Vintage Seal of North Carolina Tobacco Advertising Trade Card - Large Format

Antiques : Art : Advertising

 
This is an old cardboard trade card advertising Seal of North Carolina Cut Plug tobacco. It is the large size trade card which was usually suited for framing. On the front is an incredible picture of a woman archer. Her gloved arms are outstretched holding the bow. A quiver holding arrows is poised on her left hip. She is fashionably dressed including a small hat adorned with a bird. In the bottom left hand corner is a picture of the Cut Plug package. The image area is trimmed by a black border. On the back is an advertisement for the fine tobacco from the Marburg Bros. company of Baltimore - The American Tobacco Co., Successor. Along the edge it tells how you could receive a duplicate of this; Chromo-Heliograph by contacting the lithographers, A. Hoen & Company of Baltimore. I believe this is from the late 1800's.

Overall it measures about 12 1/2" by 7 3/4". The image area measures about 11 5/16" by 7 1/8". It is in very nice condition with minor wear. There is a little, very faint soiling, and edge wear. There is a crease on the lower right edge, 2 1/2" from the bottom edge which is shown in the photos. On the back top left corner, about 3" wide and 2" high, there is some discoloration, perhaps a faint water stain. It doesn't seem to show to the front and doesn't show well in the photos even though I took a close up photo. There is a small piece of the bottom left corner missing which again, does not show on the front.

The pictures are not shown at actual size. Please refer to the description for actual measurements.

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Item ID: 7979
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