The king of the combinations / J.S. Pughe.
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Illustration shows John D. Rockefeller wearing a huge crown and robe, standing on an oil storage tank labeled "Standard Oil", and glaring at the viewer. The crown is adorned with railroad cars, oil tanks, and the names of four railroad companies: "Lehigh Valley R.R., St. Paul R.R., Jersey Central R.R., [and] Reading Rail Road", and topped with a dollar sign "$".
Illus. in: Puck, v. 49, no. 1251 (1901 February 27), centerfold.
Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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