Advertisement label
Date1855
MediumPrint
DimensionsSheet - all three labels (height x width): 4 7/16 x 4 1/16" (11.3 x 10.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineObtained from Samuel St. John Morgan
DescriptionThree identical labels, advertising "fine old bourbon whiskey". Each label is printed on white paper with a black border. Ears of corn are drawn around the text of the labels.
Object number1956.97.1-.3
NotesIn a letter given by a donor this information is found. "Labels for whiskey bottles given me by Mr. Chas. A. Pelton. Druggist of Middletown, Connt. Sept. 22, 1915. He said Mr. Collins had them made about sixty years ago when he occupied the store where Mr. Pelton now is. Mr. Pelton was a clerk at the time and has been in the same store for sixty years.
Mos. Sage"
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about 1830
2019-2020
2019-2020
n.d.
