Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Tobacco Art: Virginia Dare Tobacco



In honor of Virginia Dare's 423rd birthday. The image is a "Lith. of F. Heppenheimer & Co. Copyright by S.W. Venable & Co.," according to the Library of Congress, and was printed around 1871. Why the label depicts Leda and the Swan, I'll never understand.

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