Advertisement for Ward's Paradise Fruit Cake, Ward Baking Company, New York, New York, 1922

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1922

GUSN

GUSN-193980

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Food enterprises
Bakeries
Food enterprises - Bakeries - Folder 1
Advertisement for Ward's Paradise Fruit Cake, Ward Baking Company, New York, New York, 1922
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Food enterprises
    - Bakeries
      - Food enterprises - Bakeries - Folder 1
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        Trade card for Le Boulanger, Bognard, Paris, France, undated
        Trade card for Le Patissier, Bognard, Paris, France, undated
        Billhead for C.F. Austin & Co., bakers of pilot and navy bread, No. 116 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 2, 1867
        Letterhead for S.N. Gaut & Co., domestic and fancy bakers, 90 West Cedar Street, Boston, Mass., 1890s
        Ward's Paradise Fruit Cake, Ward Baking Company, New York, New York, undated
        Advertising flyer for fruit cake, baked by Ward Baking Company, New York, N.Y., 1922 (current record)
        Business card for Newman's Bakery, 252 Humphrey Street, Swampscott, Mass., undated
        Old oaken bucket, by Samuel Woodworth, London, Pictorial Literature Society, Churchill Road, London, England
        Billhead for C.F. Austin & Co., bakers of pilot and navy bread, No. 116 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 2, 1867
        Billhead for Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, makers of sunshine American & English style biscuits, crackers & sugarwafer specialties, 176 Causeway Street, Boston, Mass., 1911

Description

A Pilgrim couple sit on the shore of a bay watching a ship. The man holds a rifle and has shot a turkey. The woman wears a traditionally styled dress and red cape. Above the landscape is an image of the fruit cake and decorative gift tin.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
food
bakeries
advertisements

Physical Description

1 advertisement

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.046.01.01.008

Places

New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Material Type

Other Organizations

Ward Baking Company

Subjects

Fruitcake

Accruals Note

Included in the Pilgrims, Patriots, and Products exhibit.

Description Level

Item

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