“As You Like It”

This bizarre public domain tobacco label comes from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. It portrays a young child in a red and white jester’s hat and matching striped pajamas smoking a pipe and flying on a large black beetle. This label was produced and distributed by Hatch & Co. of New York. The type reads “As You Like It.”

This advertisement was published in 1869. Because of this pre-1923 publication date this image is in the public domain.

4 megabyte TIFF. Hosted at the Library of Congress.