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[Dogs chasing cats up fence], Climax Tobacco from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company (HP1b)

ca.1880–90

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Issued ca.1880–90 by P. Lorillard Tobacco Company Black and white image of dogs chasing cats up fence. At top in half circle moon shape: BE SAFE AND CHEW/ LORILLARD'S/ CLIMAX. Across bottom: "CLIMB - AXE"/ TOBACCO. Note: HP1b has been assigned as a "catch all" for advertising cards for the companies Lorillard and Marburg and covers a number of and wide variety of subjects and images.

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Title: [Dogs chasing cats up fence], Climax Tobacco from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company (HP1b)

Publisher: P. Lorillard Company (American)

Date: ca.1880–90

Medium: Commercial lithograph

Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 2 3/16 in. (10.4 × 5.6 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ephemera

Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick

Object Number: Burdick 6, HP1b.7

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