[Young woman with short hair], Cross-Cut Cigarettes from W. Duke & Sons Advertising Cards (HP1a)

Publisher W. Duke, Sons & Co. American
Lithographer Giles Lithographic Company American
1880s
Not on view
From Cross-Cut Cigarettes Advertising Cards (HP1a). Issued in the 1880s by W. Duke & Sons, Co., Durham, N.C. & New York. Image of young woman with short hair wearing a fancy dress. Giles lithographers. At top: Cross-Cut Cigarettes/ ALWAYS GIVE/ SATISFACTION. Below image on wide border (in script and underlined): W.DukeSons&Co. Lower right: DURHAM, N.C./ & NEW YORK. Printed lower right corner on image: GILES LITHOGRAPHIC CO. NEW YORK. Note: HP1a has been assigned as a "catch all" for advertising cards from a number of companies including Allen & Ginter, Duke, Goodwin and Kimball and covers a large number of and wide variety of subjects and images.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Young woman with short hair], Cross-Cut Cigarettes from W. Duke & Sons Advertising Cards (HP1a)
  • Publisher: W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
  • Lithographer: Giles Lithographic Company (New York, NY and Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Date: 1880s
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (16.5 × 10.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 5, HP1a.108
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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