Image of an advertisement for a variety of crackers, biscuits, snaps, cakes, pies, and turnovers from the New York Excelsior Steam Cracker Bakery of New York, New York, sold by agent William Taussig; image of the bakery building storefront with W.L. Wall & Co. Horse & Carriage next door; people outside along street; decorative border and scrolls with advertising text; woman as the goddess of liberty next to a bust sculpture of George Washington "to the memory of the year A.D. 1862" on verso. Date based on text on verso. "Lith of Fred. Wogram, 206 William St. N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "betw. 9th & 10th Sts. Wm. Taussig, Agent."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 44.77 x 60.96 cm (17 5/8 x 24 in.)
Advertising--Baked products Advertising--Food Storefronts--Pictorial works New York Excelsior Steam Cracker Bakery Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Food Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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