Image of an advertisement for crackers manufactured by Thurston, Hall & Company of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts; a woman in flowing robes as a goddess of bounty with wheat stalks in her upraised hand accompanies a large group of small cherub children through a field of grain; garlands of roses the cherubs hold extend to form a decorative border with sheaves of wheat and barrels of grain; scrolls with medals awarded at the 1876 United States Centennial Exhibition at left and right. Date supplied by cataloger based on item text and printer history; Trochsler was in business until 1890. "Copyright secured. A. Trochsler & Co. Lith. Boston."--text, bottom margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 53.5 x 65.72 cm (21 1/16 x 25 7/8 in.)
Advertising--Baked products Advertising--Food Cherubs (Art) Children--Pictorial works Farms--Pictorial works Grain--Pictorial works Medals--Pictorial works Roses--Pictorial works Thurston, Hall & Co Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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