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Title
Sunbeam Japan tea
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of a four-panel tea can label; cherubic child holding a torch and canister of tea on two panels; advertising text and ship at sea on two panels; decorative botanical border.
Date approximated by cataloger based on history of United States trade with Japan.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 23.5 x 44.13 cm (9 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_BEV_003488
477673
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5045
Language
English
Subject
Advertising--Beverages
Advertising--Tea
Cherubs (Art)
Children--Pictorial works
Ships--Pictorial works
Tea trade
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Beverages
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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