[Woman in horseshoe shape], from Kinney Tobacco Company (HP1c)

Publisher Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American

ca.1880–90

Not on view

Issued ca.1880-90 by Kinney Tobacco Company, New York. Image of woman wearing hat with red flowers and pink brim in silver horseshoe shape. Beige background. Shaped card. Heavy cardboard. At top in italics: Kinney Bros. At left: HIGH CLASS. At right: "SPECIAL"/ CIGARETTES. Note: HP1c has been assigned as a "catch all" for advertising cards for the companies Kinney and Mayo and covers a number of and wide variety of subjects and images.

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Title: [Woman in horseshoe shape], from Kinney Tobacco Company (HP1c)
Publisher: Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
Date: ca.1880–90
Medium: Die-cut
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (27.6 × 22.3 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number: Burdick 6, HP1c.25
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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