This richly printed cigar advertisement was produced during the height of cigar production in Key West, a hub of the industry, by the New York lithographic firm of George Schlegel. A second-generation lithographer, Schlegel specialized in cigar box labels and advertising posters in the tobacco, liquor, and toiletry industries. The.....
A tour de force of American graphic design demonstrating the effects achievable with Ault & Wiborg inks—and showcasing American poster art at the turn of the century. This stunning compendium of color advertisements (effectively small scale poster designs) for the Ault & Wiborg Co., “manufacturers of lithographic & letter press.....
A charming and unrecorded view of a Florida orange grove before deadly freezes in the mid-1880s and 1890s brought the state’s “Orange Fever” to an end. This view shows the Gillen Orange Grove in the burgeoning town of DeLand, Florida. Trees laden with fruit stretch into the distance on the.....