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Title: Ritter's fruit butter 2015 & 2017 Frankford Av. Philadelphia, PA
Creator: Wells & Hope Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1876
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of an advertisement for Ritter's Fruit Butter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; a variety of fruits pictured in a cluster at center including grapes, pears, cherries, plums, and berries; medal awarded at the United States Centennial Exhibition in 1876 pictured at left and right.
Date supplied by cataloger based on item text and printer history; Wells & Hope moved from Philadelphia to Woodbury, New Jersey, in 1888. "Wells & Hope Co. Phila. PA."--text, bottom left margin. "First Premium awarded at the Centennial Exposition."--text, center of image. "International Exhibition Philadelphia MDCCCLXXVI. Awarded by United States Centennial Commission."--text, right of image. "Ritter Preserved Fruits."--text, verso.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 26.67 x 35.56 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_FOOD_001965
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http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4039
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Food
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fruit--Pictorial works
Grapes--Pictorial works
Medals--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Food
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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