BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. AD. PETERSBURG

Richmond: A. Hoen,

Attractive lithographic tobacco ad for the British-American Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Virginia. Ad is for their “Winner” brand plug tobacco. From the last quarter of the 19th century, when chromolithography -- printing images by using a series of carefully registered tint stones -- was the most popular medium for color printing in books, and also in advertising posters.


Item #251476