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Trade card for Walter Baker & Co's Breakfast Cocoa, maufactured by Walter Baker & Company, Dorchester, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Food: Baking Ingredients (Greg Smart)

GUSN

GUSN-195582

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Description

Trade card has a facsimile of the 1/2 pound container of Baker's Breakfast Cocoa. The illustration text reads "La Belle Chocolatiere."

Details

Descriptive Terms

food
women (female humans)
advertising
business (commercial function)
trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000704
AccessID 928
Other identifier HNEDID-000704

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.01.01.002

Places

Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Walter Baker & Co. (Manufacturer)
Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789 (Artist)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Subjects

Chocolate
Cocoa
Chocolate drinks
Beverages

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Food: Baking Ingredients (Greg Smart)

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