Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Card, Trade |
Date |
ca. 1880s |
Title |
Smoke the Best. Tansill's Punch. |
Description |
Trade card. The front has a humorous illustration of a man falling down after firing a gun at a duck flying overhead, with two dogs at left. Caption in the illustration: "A FOWL SHOT." Printed inscription below the illustration: "Smoke the Best. TANSILL'S PUNCH. America's Finest 5c Cigar." Inscription printed on the reverse: "AGENCY FOR 'TANSILL'S PUNCH' 5c. CIGAR / T. BRINCKERHOFF, / DEALER IN / Staple and Fancy Groceries, / NEW SPRINGVILLE, / STATEN ISLAND, N.Y." (Keywords: New York) |
Earliest Date |
1877 |
Latest Date |
1890 |
Material |
Paper |
Subjects |
Ephemera Trade cards Cigars Stores & shops Grocery stores |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Advertising Medium |
Associated People |
Brinckerhoff, T. |
Catalog Number |
X20.0060 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, August 2020. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |