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Trade card for flour, produced by Washburn, Crosby Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

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

GUSN

GUSN-195583

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Description

Two young women move a barrel of Washburn's Superlative Flour. A cat is also rubbing one of the girl's legs. The image caption reads "we know a good thing when we see it."

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000705
AccessID 929
Other identifier HNEDID-000705

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.01.01.003

Places

Minneapolis (Hennepin county, Minnesota)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Washburn-Crosby Co. (Manufacturer)
Forbes Co. (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Subjects

Baking
Flour
Cats

Description Level

Item

Location Note

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

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