Zouave tobacco advertisement

Zouave tobacco advertisement

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Description
Print reads "Zouave / Fabrica de Tabacos Superiores / de la vuelta abajo de / T. B. R. / Calle de la Muralla, No. 39, / Habana. / Zouave". The illustration beneath shows four soldiers in Zouave style uniforms, with baggy red trousers, blue jackets, and red caps, standing together at ease with rifles and packs, and a drum between them.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
print
chromolithograph
advertisement
date made
ca. 1860s
referenced
Cuba: La Habana, Havana
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 14.605 cm
ID Number
1978.0010.01
accession number
1978.0010
catalog number
1978.0010.10
85348M
subject
Zouave
Civil War
Tobacco Use
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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