Image of an elevated interior view of a busy restaurant counter in a train station with men in bowler and top hats frantically eating and drinking coffee and tea; a train conductor holds a pocket watch in the doorway and African-American waiters serve beverages from coffee urns labeled "The Great American Tea Co's Celebrated Sultana Coffee" and "Use the Great American Baking Powder"; portraits of United States presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are hung on the wall, and steam locomotives are visible through the open doorways; a sign on wall reads, "The Teas & Coffees used in this establishment are from the Great American Tea Co." and a sign on the door frame reads, "The bell rings 2 minutes before the train starts." "Copyright 1886, by the Great American Tea Co. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 54.77 x 77.47 cm (21 9/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Advertising--Beverages Advertising--Coffee Advertising--Tea African Americans--Pictorial works Coffee industry Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works Railroad stations--Pictorial works Railroad travel--Pictorial works Restaurants--Pictorial works Tea trade Washington, George, 1732-1799--Pictorial works Great American Tea Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Beverages Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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