Details
Contributor Donaldson Brothers (Firm), printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title What Senator Jones said about Noix de Coco. [graphic].
Publisher New York : Donaldson Brothers, Five Points
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1884
Date [ca. 1884]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 14.5 x 8.5 cm. (5.75 x 3.25 in.), folded 9 x 8.5 cm. (3.5 x 3.25 in.)
Description Illustrated metamorphic trade card and caricature includes two images with paragraphs of text describing each scene. When the card is folded, Senator Jones frowns and is unhappy that his wife did not use Noix de Coco and pushes away the baked goods to her surprise. When the card is opened, a smiling and happy Senator Jones holds a knife in preparation to cut the cake his wife made with Noix de Coco, which she happily displays for him to see. Satirizes Florida Senator Charles William Jones, who abandoned his position ca. 1885 because of mental illness. Warner & Merritt began importing fruit in Philadelphia ca. 1869 and were one of the largest firms importing West Indian fruit in the country by the time of their insolvency in 1884.
Notes Advertising text printed on verso promotes Noix de Coco as "the best desiccated cocoanut in the world" and safe for dyspeptics and invalids. Includes a trade mark image depicting three monkeys carrying a large bean. Manufactured only by Warner & Merritt, 50, 52, 54 N. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Jones, Charles William, 1834-1897 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Warner & Merritt.
Food industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fruit industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Baked products.
Knives.
Spouses.
Genre Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Metamorphic pictures -- 1880-1890.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Noix [P.2010.25]
Accession number P.2010.25