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True Eagle, Missouria, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size.

Credit: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick

1888
Commercial color lithograph
7.3 x 8.3cm
63.350.202.36.42
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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