Sidney Armstrong, Pet Cigarettes from Allen & Ginter Advertising Cards (HP1a)
Allen & Ginter Advertising Card (HP1a). Issued in 1893 by Allen & Ginter, Richmond Virginia. Features figures in various scenes. At center is actress with American flag. Below portrait: SIDNEY [sic] (SYDNEY) ARMSTRONG/ THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME. Printed on front at right: PET/ CIGARETTES/ ARE THE BEST. Lower left: ALLEN & GINTER/ BRANCH,/ RICHMOND, VA., U. S. A. Bottom right outside image: COPYRIGHT, 1893 BY DONALDSON BROTHERS, N.Y. 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
- Title: Sidney Armstrong, Pet Cigarettes from Allen & Ginter Advertising Cards (HP1a)
- Publisher: Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
- Lithographer: Donaldson Brothers (American, New York)
- Date: 1893
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 13/16 × 9 5/16 in. (9.7 × 23.7 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 5, HP1a.78
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
1888
Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
1888
Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
1888
Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
1888
Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
1888
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