Labeling America: Popular Culture on Cigar Box Labels: The Story of George Schlegel Lithographers, 1849-1971

by John Grossman

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Format Hardcover

Condition Brand New

Description Showcases the unique collection of John Grossman which covers 90 years of cigar box labels and bands printed by four generations of George Schlegel Lithographers. This book takes these printed slices of American culture and combines them with the history of chromolithography to present the story of America's changing tastes and graphic standards.

Publisher Description

Discover the beauty of cigar box labels and bands from the 19th and 20th centuries, printed by George Schlegel Lithographers and collected by John Grossman; currently being housed at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.

Author Biography

John Grossman is the owner/curator of the John Grossman Collection of Antique Images, with more than 50,000 pieces, and president of The Gifted Line(TM), a nationally known gift paper company. He is co-author of Nonsense & Common Sense, A Victorian Scrapbook, Forget-Me-Nots, Joy to the World, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas: A Victorian Caroling Kit.

Details

  • ISBN 1565235452
  • ISBN-13 9781565235458
  • Title Labeling America: Popular Culture on Cigar Box Labels: The Story of George Schlegel Lithographers, 1849-1971
  • Author John Grossman
  • Format Hardcover
  • Year 2011
  • Pages 320
  • Publisher Fox Chapel Publishing
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