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Pan Handle Scrap Trade Card

Trade card with a color image of the Capitol’s East Front, labeled “The Capitol, Washington”/tiles/collection/2/26371.xml
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Reverse of trade card with text reading, “The Capitol, Washington. U.S.A. A conspicuous object is the great dome of the Capitol, 288 ft. high, central feature of a structure which stretches along the brow of a hill for 751 ft. The main structure is of sandstone painted white, while the two wings, occupied by the Senate and the House of Representatives, are built of marble. In general the style is classic, with Corinthian details. Beneath the dome is the Rotunda, 96 ft. in diameter and 180 ft. high, adorned with historical paintings. As a whole, the building with its porticoes and lobby dome (of iron) ranks as one of the most impressive and beautiful examples of architecture in the world and is the seat of the Government of the entire United States of America. Sights & Scenes of the World Free with Pan Handle Scrap. We Honestly Believe We Have Produced in Pan Handle Scrap the Finest Chew That Has Ever Been Offered. Factory No. 10—5th Dist. of N.J.”/tiles/collection/2/26370.xml
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Trade card with a color image of the Capitol’s East Front, labeled “The Capitol, Washington”
Reverse of trade card with text reading, “The Capitol, Washington. U.S.A. A conspicuous object is the great dome of the Capitol, 288 ft. high, central feature of a structure which stretches along the brow of a hill for 751 ft. The main structure is of sandstone painted white, while the two wings, occupied by the Senate and the House of Representatives, are built of marble. In general the style is classic, with Corinthian details. Beneath the dome is the Rotunda, 96 ft. in diameter and 180 ft. high, adorned with historical paintings. As a whole, the building with its porticoes and lobby dome (of iron) ranks as one of the most impressive and beautiful examples of architecture in the world and is the seat of the Government of the entire United States of America. Sights & Scenes of the World Free with Pan Handle Scrap. We Honestly Believe We Have Produced in Pan Handle Scrap the Finest Chew That Has Ever Been Offered. Factory No. 10—5th Dist. of N.J.”
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Date

1911

Dimensions

2 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (6 × 8.6 cm)

Accession Number

2007.353.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

The Capitol was one of the “Sights & Scenes of the World” trade cards that Pan Handle Scrap tobacco packets offered in 1911. "Scrap," or loose leaf, tobacco was packaged with relatively low-quality cards like this one. It took a lot of chew to collect all 50 sights, and like bubblegum cards of a later era, one never knew whether the next pack would have the Capitol, the pyramids, or some other monument.

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