Caricatured figure from Marburg Bros.Tobacco Company (HP1b)
Publisher Marburg Brothers American
Not on view
Issued ca.1880–90 by Marburg Bros.Tobacco Company, Baltimore. Color cartooned sketch / racist portrayal of African American carrying heavy tobacco pouch on his back while walking on train tracks. At top of card: THE BEST IN THE WORLD. Printed on pouch in yellow: SEAL OF/ NORTH CAROLINA/ SMOKING TOBACCO/ MARBURG BRO'S. 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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