This vertically oriented public domain tobacco label comes from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. In it, an attractive young woman with flowing hair and delicate features looks out to sea with a pair of binoculars. She is adorned in a reddish-pink dress with frilly red top layers.

This advertisement image was published in 1860s. This pre-1923 publication date ensures that this image is in the public domain.

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1. Staus
   03.27.10

   This illustration appears as though it’s on a postcard. It is of a beautiful woman looking out over a body of water with her binoculars. She has on a flowing and lacy red dress with an Oriental-style yellow hat. She is wearing a red beaded necklace that has a large cross hanging from it. Her dark, black hair is pulled back into a loose ponytail. You get the impression from the picture that it is windy. There are numerous sailboats on the body of water in the background and her dress is billowing out a bit behind her. Even her hair appears to be blowing back from the breeze. I can’t tell what type of water it is she is looking over, but I suspect it is the ocean and she is possibly looking for her sailor beau to come back from a trip to sea. Her cheeks are rosy and her expression is cheerful. She has her elbow resting on a fence post. It almost looks like she is using that fence post to steady herself against the wind. In her left hand she holds what appears to be a purse. If this wasn’t a postcard, it would make a great one, especially as an “I miss you” card for someone away on a trip.

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2. Fred
   03.27.10

   The advertisement was published in 1860’s. The picture is about A young women with a binocular who watches something. The picture shows an attractive young woman with flowing hair and delicate features looks out to sea with a pair of binoculars. She wears reddish-pink dress with frilly red top layers. The young woman looks in to the sea through binocular. She is very smart and pretty simply saying we can tell her that she is quite simple and gentle while looking. While seeing the picture it look like natural drawing with good dress colour combination with a good natural back round which will suit her dress colour and match with the background. We can also imagine that a beautiful young girl who is watching the natural sceneries minutely with her binocular and who gathers good experience in seeing the natural green leaves and evergreen surrounding around her. When a poet sees the picture her will feel to write a poem about the pretty girl in the picture and the about the surroundings around her. In general always the poets and story writers will see the picture and start writing about it in imagination. On reading the poem we will have a real feel of going to the place and being with them in the live situation.

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