Apr 16, 2013 - Sale 2310

Sale 2310 - Lot 417

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
STRAUSS, PRITZ & CO. Wherever Our Flag Shall Carry Trade, There You Will Find the Famous "Lewis 66" Whiskey. Chromolithograph poster, 28 1/2 x 22 inches, with small calendar pages attached as issued; faint creases, boldly colored. Not examined outside of frame. Cincinnati, OH: Strobridge Lithograph Co., [1901]

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A beautiful advertising piece featuring McKinley, Roosevelt, the arms of several Latin American nations, several scenes of the proposed Nicaraguan canal, and of course a prominently displayed bottle of whiskey. The American government debated the best canal route for many years, deciding upon Panama over Nicaragua only in June 1902.