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circa 1800's -"Jackson's Best"- With Boston Co. Imprint,Victorian Advertising Trade Card19th-century Victorian advertising trade card for Jackson's Best Chewing Tobacco, featuring anoverprint for the Boston tobacco merchant Davenport & Legg. (More info below, re: agent imprint)Shows the influence of the "Artistic Printing" Movement on cards used by Jackson's Best agents.Approx. 5.25 x 3.25 inches / Condition... any flaws as shown. Please study scans carefully.
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Research / Bonus Information: -AI Generated: (NOT confirmed / simply a copy & paste by me)• Primary Core Location: Historical editions of the Boston Business Directory list Davenport & Legg operating out of 59 Broad Street. Broad Street was a vital arterial center for merchant operations near the historic Boston waterfront during the Victorian era.
• Industry Focus: They operated primarily as a wholesale tobacco and cigar firm. They served as local regional jobbers and distributors—importing, packaging, and branding "plug" (chewing) tobaccos and manufacturing cigars under various brand names like their proprietary "Plantation Cigar" or partnering with brands like "Jackson's Best" seen on the card.
• The 1878 Milk Street Warehouse Fire: Official municipal logs, including the city's Annual Report of the Boston Fire Department, record that Davenport & Legg kept an active storage and auxiliary warehouse footprint nearby at 165 Milk Street.
• In 1878, a sudden, destructive fire completely consumed this specific four-story granite and brick building.Card Breakdown• Advertiser: Davenport & Legg, Boston - This example / This same basic card is sometimes found with other agent imprints.
• Product Featured: Jackson's Best Plug Tobacco (manufactured in a block or "plug" form wrapped with a signature blue band)
• Design Details: The card incorporates classic late-Victorian graphic details, including colorful geometric corner roundels and detailed framing lines often associated with the "Artistic Printing" movement.From the Legendary Steve Rotman Ephemera Collection / MORE GREAT Victorian Trade Cards to come!Steve Rotman assembled one of the most substantial card collections in the world.
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