Cigar Store Indian
notes: label: Description
content: This cigar store Indian was used as an advertisement for D. F. Saylor’s Pennsylvania tobacco shop during the late 19th and early 20th century. The Indian holds a bundle of cigars in one hand and a tobacco leaf in the other. He stands on a four-sided pedestal that has writing on each side: “145/D. F. Saylor/Cigars, Tobacco, Candy”—“Smoke/50-50/Cigar”—“El Wadora/5¢/Cigar” and “Thank You! Call Again.” The pedestal also advertises a shoe shine. Indians were associated with tobacco since they introduced it to Europeans, and advertisers played upon these stereotypes to hawk their wares to illiterate consumers.
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: depicted
content: Indians
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content: Culture and the Arts: Folk Art
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Advertising
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Art
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Eleanor and Mabel Van Alstyne American Folk Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0993
label: catalog number
content: 65.0993
label: accession number
content: 256396
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shop figure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 51 in x 90 in; 233.68 cm x 129.54 cm x 228.6 cm