Major Anderson cigars., Confederate States of America
LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil War. Generals, Union and Confederate) Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Woodcut by Calkins & Goodwin.
Union. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Tobacco label showing eagle on shield with stars and stripes over two cannons, cannonballs, and olive branches.
Eureka - Drawing. Public domain image., engraving, Library of Congress
A pointer is surprised to find a cat in his favorite hide out. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dogs & Cats; Tobacco; Shelf.
[Stock card] - Engraving, Public domain image
LOT subdivision subject: Miscellaneous. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
Pearl of the Orient / lith. of Major & Knapp, N.Y.
Tobacco label showing little girl sitting on a large red cushion, trying on long ropes of pearls, from a decorated box, with mirror behind her.
A full hand, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Head-and-shoulders caricature of African American man holding a package of tobacco. Copyright 1890 by Knapp & Co.
Old Hickory - fabrica de tobacos - superiores de la vuelta abajo - Hab...
Print shows a tobacco labeled with Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory", at the Battle of New Orleans, 1815, with other officers on horseback. Copyright by Thomas G. Little. Entered according to Act of congress in th... More
Sailor boy - Engraving, Public domain image
Sailor boy smoking a cigarette, looking out to sea, where a three mast ship is approaching to pick up boxes of cigars for the foreign market. LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other ... More
Select - manufactured of the best quality of vuelta abajo tobacco
Illustration shows a young woman seated on a veranda and a man standing before her with an open box of Select tobacco products; both are smoking. Copyright by Strobridge & Co.
Haverly's European and American Mastodon Minstrels
Tobacco label showing the U.S. Capitol, with troops in front. LOT subdivision subject: Views, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Wm. H. Palmer
The first nines segars manufactured from the best Vuelta Abajo tobacco...
Print of tobacco package label showing view from the pitcher's mound of a batter and a catcher during a baseball game, with other players standing in the background. 12283 U.S. Copyright office. Entered accord... More
Does your mother know you're out?
Humorous farm scene showing chick emerging from shell in farmyard with dovecote in background. LOT subdivision subject: Birds and amphibians. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. ... More
Our Country's pride, Confederate States of America
Shows Major Generals A.E. Burnside, Joseph Hooker, Philip Henry Sheridan, George B. McClellan, Franz Sigel, George Meade, Henry W. Halleck, on horseback. LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil War. Gene... More
Alexander Imperials - Public domain photogrpaph
Portrait of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. LOT subdivision subject: Europe (royalty). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lith. of F. Heppenheimer, 22 N. William St., N.Y. Cop... More
Neptune, Manufactured by J.L. Adams.
Tobacco label illustrated with 2 nymphs and 2 horses pulling Neptune through water. LOT subdivision subject: Mythology (Greek and Roman) - Gods. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and ite... More
Mermaid, manufactured from the finest Vuelta Abajo tobacco
Mermaid in a quiet cove admiring a string of pearls. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The young swell / lith. by Hatch & Co. 218 Broadway, Herald Building, ...
Print of a tobacco label showing a head-and-shoulders portrait of a dog dressed as a man, facing front, wearing monocle, with a bottle of champagne, a pipe, and a bag of pipe tobacco in the foreground.
Ariel / Hatch & Co. Herald Building, N.Y.
Tobacco label showing full-length portrait of a woman riding on a bat. Copyright by Lichtenstein Bros. & Co.
Eclipse chewing tobacco / Wilstach, Baldwin & Co.
Tobacco label showing a solar eclipse. 2721C U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Clore(?) & Bros.
James Moran & Co.'s Indian Girl Chewing Tobacco
Tobacco label - Romanticized portrait of lovely Indian maiden wearing a feather headdress and gold jewelry. She is holding a sheaf of tobacco leaves in one hand and white tobacco blossoms in her other hand. The... More
Velocipede tobacco--Manufactured by Harris, Beebe & Co. Qunicy, Ill. /...
Tobacco label showing woman riding a bicycle. 3731E U.S. Copyright Office.
Yorktown - Public domain image of steamship
Sidewheeler using steam as auxiliary power, showing men with crates of tobacco marked "P.B." (Paulin Byrd). LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other information transcribed from capti... More
Prize medal awarded--Suggett & Kimball's peerless tobacco / lith. of M...
Tobacco label showing full-length portrait of a nude woman draped with diaphanous sheet, floating over landscape. Copyright by Suggett & Kimball.
The pride of Columbus - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Tobacco label showing Native American presenting Christopher Columbus with a sheaf of tobacco leaves; three monkeys, a dog, and a rabbit are smoking on a branch above.
[Stock form for tobacco label; girl in apron leaning on broom and smok...
LOT subdivision subject: Smoking (men, women, children in the act of) - Children, Women.
Amazons - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Congre...
Amazons after hunt. LOT subdivision subject: Amazons. Copyright by Krohn, Feiss & Co. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Yosemite fine cut : John T. Hancock, Dubuque, Iowa
Tobacco label with view of Yosemite Valley, Calif. LOT subdivision subject: Views, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Lithograph by Donaldson & Elmes Lith., Cin., O[hio]. Original n... More
Crusader - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Congr...
Tobacco label showing well-dressed woman. LOT subdivision subject: Fashions. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Color lithograph by Hatch Co., N.Y. Copyright by C. A. Jackson, Co., Petersburg, Va.
Prosperity - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Con...
LOT subdivision subject: Allegories. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Schumacher & Ettlinger, N.Y.
Velocipede tobacco--Manufactured by Harris, Beebe & Co. Qunicy, Ill. /...
Tobacco label showing woman riding a bicycle. 3731E U.S. Copyright Office.
Tobacco currency - furnished by the manufacturers Pearl & Obreight
Imitation of dollar bill showing portrait of George Washington and amount of ten cents. Green print on off-white background. LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco currency. Title and other information transcribed fr... More
Harikari - Drawing. Public domain image.
Horses pulling pagoda car of Japanese Embassy. Public domain scan of printed performance advertisement, dance, musical, opera, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Union must be preserved, Fabrica de Tabacos ... Habana
Eagle with horn of plenty on cliff in foreground; farm scene and seascape in background. Copyright by Th. G. Little.
El Compañero - Engraving, Public domain image
Saint Bernard dog standing on a pier by the sea. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
The power of fashion - Defiance Cigar Manufactory - D.H.
Tobacco package label showing an African American woman sitting on a step at the entrance to a building, smoking a cigar; she is wearing torn clothing and a dog is sitting beside her. Entered according to Act ... More
El Vulcano - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco label showing vulcan, god of fire and patron of metallurgy, making a sword in front of volcano with cutout section. LOT subdivision subject: Mythology (Greek and Roman) Gods. Title and other informati... More
Velocipede - made from pure imported stock by White & Hunt
Young girl riding a two wheeler down a city street. Public domain image of bicyclist, bicycle, cyclist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cuba Libre coat of arms - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cigar advertisement label showing coat of arms of Cuba, 1869, before adaptation of the coat of arms of 1906. Cuban revolutionary trampling the flag of Spain shown on bottom of the label.
Virginia Dare - Engraving, Public domain image
Label shows Leda and the Swan. LOT subdivision subject: Mythology (Greek and Roman) Goddesses. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lith. of F. Heppenheimer & Co. Copyright by S.W... More
James Moran & Co.'s Romeo, fine cut, chewing tobacco / C. Hamilton & C...
Print is a tobacco package label showing Romeo and Juliet embracing, by an open window, as they are taking leave of each other. 1687E U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by James Moran & Co. Copyright stamp, date... More
"On the fly" / The Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co., 71 Broadway, N...
Tobacco package label showing outfielder preparing to catch a batted ball "on the fly", in the days before baseball gloves. Ent. accordg. to Act of Congress A.D. 1867 by R.J. White & Co. in the clerks office o... More
The first nine of the Red Stockings, manufactured from the best Havana...
Print of tobacco package label showing baseball players on the field during game, view from behind home plate, with spectators along first base line. Filed May 31,1869.
Clippers - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco label showing Yankee Clipper ship. LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by John J. Levy, manufacturer, 177 & ... More
El Pythagoras - Fabrica de Tobacos de las mejores vegas de la vuelta-a...
LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
The Frontier - Engraving, Public domain image
Tobacco label showing bear mauling fallen horse and Indian. LOT subdivision subject: Indians and Indian life (anonymous) Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Color lithograph by Major & Kn... More
La Parepa - A label with a picture of a man wearing a crown
LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco labels - Miscellaneous. Title and other information transcribed from item. Copyright by Lichtenstein Bros. & Co.
Velocipede - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Tobacco label showing cigar-smoking man riding 2-wheel bicycle. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and Bicycling. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Manufactured by M.V. Noody, T... More
La Veloce - Drawing. Public domain image.
Young lady riding a bicycle, frightened by a horse and streetcar. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and Bicycling. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by L.B. Grim. Har... More
La Temptation - Engraving, Public domain image
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise. LOT subdivision subject: Biblical illustrations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Wm. Lee. Lith. F. Heppenheimer & Co, 22 ... More
Our Own - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Two cigarmakers at work. LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco - Manufacture, retailing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo by E. Klauber pasted on lithographed label.
Flora / Schumacher & Ettlinger, lith., 15 Murray St. N. York.
Tobacco label showing a partially nude woman smelling the blossoms on a flowering bush.
Black Hawk. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Tobacco package label depicting Black Hawk, on horse, scanning the horizon. 5033E U.S. Copyright Office
The National Tobacco - dark, sweet
Tobacco label showing U.S. Capitol and eagle. LOT subdivision subject: Views, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Lithograph by Hatch & Co., N.Y. Copyright by Jno. A. Webb.
Bucker - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
28438S U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Schumacher & Ettlinger, N.Y. No. 1492.
"On the fly" / The Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co., 71 Broadway, N...
Tobacco package label showing outfielder preparing to catch a batted ball "on the fly", in the days before baseball gloves. Ent. accordg. to Act of Congress A.D. 1867 by R.J. White & Co. in the clerks office o... More
The first nine of the Red Stockings, manufactured from the best Havana...
Print of tobacco package label showing baseball players on the field during game, view from behind home plate, with spectators along first base line. Filed May 31,1869.
A. Lincoln, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Amazon - Drawing. Public domain image.
Amazon fighting wild beast on horseback. LOT subdivision subject: Amazons. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Gold Dust - coin, public domain photograph
Tobacco label showing seven gold miners working around three sluice ways, washing auriferous earth.
Fanchon - manufactured of the best quality of vualta abajo tobacco by ...
LOT subdivision subject: Theater and theatrical personalities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Lowenthal & Co.
The boss of the ring prime quality smoking tobacco
Caricature bust of William Marcy "Boss" Tweed. LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Manufactured by Ch. Reinhardt. Caption card tracings: Tweed, W. M.;... More
Starlight Bess, of pure Virginia stock
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Our boss, three quarter length portrait
Tobacco label showing Boss Tweed(?) seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing left. Photograph pasted on lithographed label. Copyright by E. Hadra.
Poster - Gentlemens' Delight - Public domain lithograph
Tobacco label showing beatiful, raven haired maiden with a broken pearl necklace, from which she is collecting the pearls into a sea shell. LOT subdivision subject: Women (sentimentalized portraits) - Genre sce... More
Black Hawk - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco package label depicting Black Hawk, on horse, scanning the horizon. 5033E U.S. Copyright Office
Haverly's European and American Mastodon Minstrels
Tobacco label showing the U.S. Capitol, with troops in front. LOT subdivision subject: Views, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Wm. H. Palmer
El Pequeño Gigante cigarros, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Advertisement label showing head and shoulders portrait of Stephen Douglas. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
James Moran & Co.'s Romeo, fine cut, chewing tobacco / C. Hamilton & C...
Print is a tobacco package label showing Romeo and Juliet embracing, by an open window, as they are taking leave of each other. 1687E U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by James Moran & Co. Copyright stamp, date... More
Oh carry me back to ole Virginny / Lith. & printed in colors by Robert...
Tobacco package label showing African American banjo player, woman, and three children in cabin. Copyright by G.W. Hillman & Co. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincen... More
"On the fly" / The Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co., 71 Broadway, N...
Tobacco package label showing outfielder preparing to catch a batted ball "on the fly", in the days before baseball gloves. Ent. accordg. to Act of Congress A.D. 1867 by R.J. White & Co. in the clerks office o... More
A full hand, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Head-and-shoulders caricature of African American man holding a package of tobacco. Copyright 1890 by Knapp & Co.
Maccoboy Snuff - First quality, rose scented - Manufactured by Edward ...
Sailor and Native American sitting on pedestal, surrounded by flags and an eagle. LOT subdivision subject: Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and it... More
Harris, Beebe & Co's Specimen Brand - choice Honey Dew tobacco, Quincy...
LOT subdivision subject: Children. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Lithograph by Hatch Litho Co. Copyright by Harris & Beebe. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial ... More
C.H. Lilienthal. Young America. Fine cut Cavendish
Tobacco label showing U.S. eagle.
John C. Heenan - An old drawing of a boxing match
Prizefighter knocking his opponent off his feet in the ring. LOT subdivision subject: Boxing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by F. Rosenbush.
Old Reliable - Engraving, Public domain image
Saint Bernard dog resting on a chest. He seems to be guarding a key suspended on the wall behind him. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card t... More
Jupiter cigars for sale here / lith. of F. Heppenheimer & Co., N.Y.
Tobacco label showing Jupiter holding bolt of lightning. Copyright by Schroeder & Bon.
Beauty--Manufactured by R. Wilson & Co., Cincinnati, O. / lith. of Str...
Tobacco label showing little girl dressed in white nightgown, with blue trim, powdering her cheek with a large powder puff. Copyright by R. Wilson & Co.
Up in a balloon. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Balloons Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Seemuller.
19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A drawing of a man holding a baseball bat, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C... More
Fabrica de Tabacos ... manufactured expressly for John L. Denham, Hava...
Tobacco label showing William Marcy Tweed with face looking like a dog. Copyright by John L. Denham.
Mountain Dew fine cut chewing tobacco Manufactured by Allen & Ellis, t...
Tobacco package label showing a goddess draped with diaphanous gown handing a pipe and tobacco leaves to a Native man reclining on the shores of a mountain stream with waterfall.
The Age of dead-locks - Smoke Leo cigars.
Tobacco label caricaturing famous contemporary "deadlocks": Beecher & Talmage, Ingersoll & the devil, Gould & Vanderbilt, Kelly & Tilden, Mayor Grace & the street commissioners, Conkling & Blaine. LOT subdivisi... More
The Pocohontas Chewing Tobacco - Lithograph, public domain, Library of...
Tobacco label showing Indian maiden stepping across a mountain stream. She wears a skirt decorated with fur and carries a bow and arrows; adorned with gold bracelets and gold ankle decorations. LOT subdivision ... More
Pearl of the Orient / lith. of Major & Knapp, N.Y.
Tobacco label showing little girl sitting on a large red cushion, trying on long ropes of pearls, from a decorated box, with mirror behind her.
El Pequeño Gigante cigarros, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Advertisement label showing head and shoulders portrait of Stephen Douglas. Copyright by B.F. Wilson.
El Pequeño Gigante cigarros, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Advertisement label showing head and shoulders portrait of Stephen Douglas. Copyright by B.F. Wilson.
Southerner rights segars. Expressly manufactured for Georgia & Alabama...
A considerably idealized view of slave life in the American South, appearing on a printed label for cigars "expressly manufactured for Georgia and Alabama." The New York firm Salomon Brothers may have sought to... More
Boggs & Gregory's Jenny Lind fine cut cavendish
Tobacco label with head and shoulders portrait of Jenny Lind. LOT subdivision subject: Theater and theatrical personalities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Boggs & Grego... More
The Fenian's comfort smoking tobacco
LOT subdivision subject: Fenian movement. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by J. B. Philp Lith., S. Spruce Street, N.Y.
El Socrates - Engraving, Public domain image
LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Bijur.
Poster - Good bye, sweetheart - Public domain lithograph
Tobacco label showing beautiful girl near fence, looking out to sea through her binoculars.
My pride--manufactured of the best quality of Vuelta Abajo tobacco by ...
Tobacco label showing woman concentrating on her embroidery, while sitting in a high backed chair.
The Conscript during American Civil War
LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil War). Copyright by J. Straiton. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
Everybody's favorite - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco label showing American eagle. LOT subdivision subject: Flags, patriotic symbols, eagles, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by H. James. Lithograph by Mer... More
Lean Jack Virginia smoking tobacco
Tobacco package label showing an African American man in left profile walking to the left.
El Persuado - Drawing. Public domain image.
Tobacco label showing man shooting woman with pistol. LOT subdivision subject: Daily life and activities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Morse & Williams.
The Grand Duchess - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Theater and theatrical personalities. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Seemüller & Sons.
[Jupiter, clutching thunderbolts and carrying a shield, descends to ea...
Copyright by Schroeder & Bon. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Buffalo Smoking Tobacco. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
A buffalo. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bison; Tobacco Ad.; Shelf.