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Trade card for Walter Baker & Co's. chocolate, broma and cocoa preparations, Dorchester, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-246990

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Description

The card verso has a scientific analysis statement for the Breakfast Cocoa performed by James F. Babcock dated January 20, 1892 in Boston. The bottom of the image reads "La Belle Chocolatière from the original painting by Leotard now in the Dresden Gallery."

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.01.03.029

Image Dimensions

5 3/4 x 3 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1933.

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

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

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Chocolate drinks
Cocoa
Beverages
Chocolate

Description Level

Item

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