Price: $5.00
SKU: 98282
MEDIUM: Embossed multi-color color lithograph.
DATE: c.1900.
EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 9 x 6 1/2" (22.5 x 16.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: An embossed tobacco label containing a swastika for good luck. Before the Nazi party rose to power and brought about the genocide of World War II, the swastika was viewed as a positive symbol, literally meaning "well-being" in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit. The western world fell in love the symbol around the turn of the 20th century and began using it in mass as a symbol of good luck. It was used as architectural design elements, on play cards, advertisements (even by big names such as Coca-Cola) and was utilized by the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America. The symbol quickly fell out of fashion when it became associated with hatred and genocide.
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CONDITION: Good condition and color, has a few handling marks.
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