"Notice to Smokers and Chewers"

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Hand-colored lithograph of a rebus (word picture puzzle) warning smokers of the following: "Gentlemen are requested to spit in the spittoon and not on the floor, and to throw their butts and stumps in the stove, or out at the window."

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Width: 23.2 cm x Height: 25.3 cm

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This image is part of the collection entitled: Star of the Republic Museum Objects and was provided by the Star of the Republic Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 232 times. More information about this image can be viewed below.

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Star of the Republic Museum

Located in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, the Museum's mission is to collect and preserve material culture of the Texas Republic.

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Hand-colored lithograph of a rebus (word picture puzzle) warning smokers of the following: "Gentlemen are requested to spit in the spittoon and not on the floor, and to throw their butts and stumps in the stove, or out at the window."

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Width: 23.2 cm x Height: 25.3 cm

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Star of the Republic Museum Objects

From the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, these items (dating from 1700s-1800s) include furniture, clothing, buttons, farm implements, china, trade tokens, arrowheads, cooking utensils, and looms.

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  • Jan. 18, 2008, 2:39 p.m.

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  • Oct. 21, 2020, 3:51 p.m.

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"Notice to Smokers and Chewers", image, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32905/: accessed December 5, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.

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