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I Hear His Footfalls Music, Our Little Beauties Pressed Cigarettes from Allen & Ginter Advertising Cards (H884)

Publisher Allen & Ginter American
1881
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Allen & Ginter Advertising Card (H884). Issued in 1881 by Allen & Ginter, Richmond Virginia. One of a set of six cards telling a story. Color image of two cats. Printed on front, at top: I HEAR HIS FOOTFALLS/ MUSIC. At bottom: OUR LITTLE BEAUTIES./ PRESSED CIGARETTE. Lower left corner: Copyright by A. B. Seeley 1881.

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Object Information
  • Title: I Hear His Footfalls Music, Our Little Beauties Pressed Cigarettes from Allen & Ginter Advertising Cards (H884)
  • Publisher: Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
  • Date: 1881
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (10.8 × 6.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 5, H884.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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