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Rumford Yeast Powder, best & cheapest, every package warranted. Manufactured according to the formula of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass. by the Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R.I.
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Contributor
Nagle, John, distributor.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
Rumford Yeast Powder, best & cheapest, every package warranted. Manufactured according to the formula of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass. by the Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R.I. [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph tinted with two stones ; 13 x 8 cm. (5 x 3 in.)
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a bust portrait of a young girl with curly hair wearing a pink cap and a beaded necklace that spells "Rumford Yeast Powder". Rumford Chemical Works was established in 1854 by George F. Wilson and Eben N. Horsford.
Notes
Distributor's imprint printed on verso: Bought of John Nagle, grocer, Twelfth and Pine Streets.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Rumford Chemical Works.
Baking powder.
Girls.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1880-1890.
Associated name
Nagle, John, distributor.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Rumford [1975.F.723]
Accession number
1975.F.723
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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