Title |
Cottolene [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Chicago] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
ILL. Chicago. 1885 |
Date |
[ca. 1885] |
Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 13 x 8 cm (5 x 3 in.) |
Description |
Racist trade card illustration depicting a three-quarter length portrait of a smiling African American girl. The girl holds
an overflowing bale of cotton in her arms. A picturesque countryside and field of cotton is visible in the background. The
girl is attired in a pink and blue striped short sleeved dress and her hair is tied into a braid with a yellow ribbon. She
is depicted with exaggerated features. Cottolene shortening was was manufactured by N.K. Fairbank & Co., which was based in
Chicago during the late 19th century and purchased by American Cotton Oil in 1875. The manufacturing plant in Chicago was
closed in 1921.
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Notes |
Title from item. |
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Advertising text on verso: Directions for using Fairbank's Cottolene. Health! Purity! Economy!!! Cottolene, the new and popular
Health Food is rapidly superseding lard and butter as a cooking fat being healthier, cleaner and more economical. Use in every
place and in the same manner that lard and butter is used in cooking, taking only two-thirds (2/3) of the amount that would
be required of the above mentioned articles. If more is used it is wasted. For cake making treat in the same manner as butter,
i.e., creaming it with sugar, adding a little salt, for Cottolene contains none. For frying put the Cottolene in a cold pan
or kettle allowing the fat to gradually come to a cooking point. This will prevent burning. Cottolene reaches a cooking point
without any sputtering or smoking, and quicker than lard with the same heat, and therefore care should be taken that it does
not become too hot. Beware of imitations. N.K. Fairbank & Co., Chicago. St. Louis. New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Montreal.
Recipe for New England Doughnuts. 1 cup of sugar. 2 eggs beaten light and mixed with the sugar. 2 teaspoonfuls of melted Cottolene.
1/2 cup milk. 2 teaspoonfuls of baking bowder. 1/2 teaspoonful salt. 1 salt-spoonful cinnamon. Flour enough to roll. Add the
milk alternately with the flour. Have the kettle three-quarters (3/4) full of Cottolene, hot enough to brown a piece of bread
in half a minute, or while you count sixty. Drop in the doughnuts and fry till brown.
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Gift of David Doret. |
Subject |
Fairbank, Nathaniel Kellogg, 1829-1903. |
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African American agricultural laborers. |
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African American girls -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Cotton industry -- Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Cotton pickers. |
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Food industry -- Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
Genre |
Trade cards. -- 1880-1890. |
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Chromolithographs. -- 1880-1890. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - N.K. Fairbanks [P.2017.95.138] |
Accession number |
P.2017.95.138 |