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Open Hand Fine Cut Tobacco 1887
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1887 advertising poster for "Open Hand Fine Cut Tobacco This is a 1887 advertising poster for "Open Hand Fine Cut Tobacco" by manufacturer Robert Hamilton of Covington, Kentucky.The black and white graphic illustration depicts a human hand overlaid with diagrams for palmistry, labeling various mounts and lines such as the "Mount of Jupiter" and "Line of Heart". It was copyrighted in 1887 by R.J. Killick and produced by Shober & Carqueville Lithography in Chicago. Why This Poster Matters This piece is a fascinating window into late 19th-century marketing and design. The clever use of palmistry imagery—a popular parlour interest of the...