Image of an outdoor scene of a tropical oasis with caricatures of several poor and sick men and women arriving to partake of Tuft's Arctic Soda Water at a large wooden bar and soda fountain; specific caricatures include a costumed monkey waiter serving a man in a hammock, a wounded soldier on crutches, an elderly woman pushing an old man in a wheelbarrow, an African-American woman, a hobo holding a carpetbag, and a bartender wearing a red vest and boater hat; a beach shore is visible in the background with recuperated individuals, palm trees, shrubs, and a sailboat and a small canoe. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; the firm operated as Cosack & Co. from 1882 to 1891. "Cosack & Co. Buffalo N.Y."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 34.77 x 50.32 cm (13 11/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Advertising--Beverages Advertising--Carbonated beverages African Americans--Pictorial works Caricatures and cartoons Fountain of youth (Legendary place)--Pictorial works Oases--Pictorial works Tufts, James W 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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