Ship Owners and Merchant Tug Boat Company
Emmanuel Wyttenbach American, born Switzerland
Publisher H. S. Crocker & Co. American
Not on view
Chromolithographs became common a decade or so after the end of the Civil War and commercial advertising encouraged the expansion of the technique. This small-scale poster printed by one of the earliest and most successful San Francisco publishers promotes the Ship Owners & Merchants Tug Boat Company, featuring the firm’s capabilities, the names of its acting directors, and its boats with their trademark red funnel with black tops.