Large-scale chromolithographic advertising poster for Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, produced by Blackwell’s Durham Tobacco Company. The scene features a rural tableau set outside a wooden structure with a sign reading General store. The composition includes an elderly African American woman seated in a rocking chair smoking a pipe and a young girl on the porch steps eating watermelon. A young boy appears in the background behind a post-and-rail fence. The image is populated with various animals including a bull, a pig, poultry, a cat, and a dog. A large representation of the brand’s signature tobacco bag is shown on the right. Transcribed text includes Genuine BULL DURHAM SMOKING TOBACCO at the top and a caption at the bottom left reading My! It shure am Sweet Tastan. The tobacco bag graphic contains manufacturer information for W. T. Blackwell and Co. of Durham, N.C.
Approximate dimensions: 51 cm x 76 cm or larger.
Measurement: 25 x 20 IN
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