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Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut from Marburg Bros.Tobacco Company (HP1b)

Publisher Marburg Brothers American
ca.1880–90
Not on view
Issued ca.1880–90 by Marburg Bros.Tobacco Company, Baltimore. Two women by sea with shell at center in circle. Heavy cardstock. At top of card: PLUG CUT. Lower quadrant: MANFACTURED OF/ SELECT GRANVILLE COUNTY N.C. LEAF/ BY MARBURG BROS./ THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. SUCCESSOR/ BALTIMORE, U.S.A. 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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut from Marburg Bros.Tobacco Company (HP1b)
  • Publisher: Marburg Brothers (American, 1865–1891)
  • Date: ca.1880–90
  • Medium: Commercial color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 2 3/4 in. (9.1 × 7 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: Burdick 6, HP1b.60
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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