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Whip-poor Will, from the Birds of America series (N37) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Unknown Artist

Trade cards from the "Birds of America" series (N37), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N37 reproduces the cards from N4 in a larger size.

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

1888

Commercial color lithograph

7.3 x 8.3 cm

63.350.202.37.45

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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