A Happy New Year!" -- Uncle Sam Enjoys "Sweet Owen" Brand Tobacco on New Year's Card

United States: Sweet Owen, 1876. Good. Light toning, dust soiling, surface abrasion from previous scrapbook adhesive to verso.. A comical lithographed card produced to celebrate the 1876 New Year, as well as promote "Sweet Owen" brand tobacco. Three figures stand in a line, with Uncle Sam in the center holding a packet of "Sweet Owen" in his hands. Two caricatures of men smoke and chew tobacco on either side of him. The caption reads, "We three are embarked, in one common cause, Bill snuffs Tom puffs and I chaws!". The other two men are (potentially) caricatures of that year's Presidential election running mates, William A. Wheeler and Thomas A. Hendricks; the joke would be that "Sweet Owen" brand tobacco is enjoyed by both political parties. Measures approx. 4.25" by 3" with rounded corners, verso blank.