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Raven — Kaufmann & Strauss tobacco advertising print
Chromolithographic advertising label using a raven and the refrain “Quoth the Raven: Nevermore.”
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This tobacco advertising print borrows the raven and “Nevermore” refrain from Poe’s poem. The design is credited to Kaufmann & Strauss and carries an 1870 copyright. Its use in advertising shows the poem’s imagery moving beyond literary publication into commercial print.
- Date
- [1870] catalogue date; later overprint undated
- Credits
- Kaufmann & Strauss Co.; William Cameron & Brothers
- Reference collection
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
- Collection reference
- PGA - Kaufmann & Strauss--Raven (A size) [P&P]
The surviving sheet also has a later British-American Tobacco successor overprint. The 1870 catalogue date refers to the design; the date of that overprint is not established. Transcription checked against the source image; any unresolved small, faint or obscured writing is identified in square brackets in the Text PDF.
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Raven tobacco advertisement — full-size scan
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“Raven — Kaufmann & Strauss tobacco advertising print.” [1870] catalogue date; later overprint undated. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-249ae023d53040d18f29e432ff20dac4. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-249ae023d53040d18f29e432ff20dac4. Accessed [date].
Catalogue citation: Kaufmann & Strauss Co.; William Cameron & Brothers. Raven — Kaufmann & Strauss tobacco advertising print. [1870] catalogue date; later overprint undated. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. PGA - Kaufmann & Strauss--Raven (A size) [P&P]. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017660441/.
Library of Congress catalogue: no known restrictions on publication. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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