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Polly want a cracker? from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company (HP1b)

ca.1880–90

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Issued ca.1880–90 by P. Lorillard Tobacco Company. Black and white image of woman with parrot on stand. Hole punched at top center. Across bottom: "Polly want a cracker?/ "Chestnut-gimme a chew./ of Lorillard's Century!". Note: HP1b has been assigned as a "catch all" for advertising cards for the companies Lorillard and Marburg and covers a number of and wide variety of subjects and images.

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Title: Polly want a cracker? from P. Lorillard Tobacco Company (HP1b)

Publisher: P. Lorillard Company (American)

Date: ca.1880–90

Medium: Commercial lithograph

Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 5 13/16 in. (24.5 × 14.7 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ephemera

Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick

Accession Number: Burdick 6, HP1b.8

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