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Contributor Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
Title The battle now is over, Bunker Hill no more. Will call the soldier from the maid he does adore, while to his side he would his gentle Nelly press, she tells him of the Enterprise fruit & jelly press. [graphic].
Publisher New York: Donaldson Brothers, lith
Date c1893
Physical Description 2 prints: chromolithograph; 13 x 9 cm. (5 x 3.5 in.)
Description Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Fruit, Wine and Jelly Press." Contains anachronistic, historical scenes including caricaturized American Revolution-era figures. To the left, a soldier charges. To the right, the soldier hugs a woman as she crushes grapes in the Enterprise fruit press. A grape vine divides the view. Also contains a view of the Government Building designed by W.J. Edbrooke. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa. was established in 1866.
Notes Contains advertising text printed on verso detailing "Enterprise Fruit, Wine and Jelly Press, Tinned." Text promotes the ease of operation and invaluableness of the press in "making Wines, Jellies and Fruit-Butters"; its efficiency in pressing lard "in less time than any other press of its size and price"; and usefulness for "extracting the juice from beef in preparing beef tea for invalids." Text also explicates "The Press is not intended for making cider"; promotes the stronger, heavier "Drug Press" as a "valuable aid" for druggists in "making Decoctions, Infusions, Syrups, etc."; and prices ($3-$25).
Printed on verso: For Sale by the Hardware Trade. Send for Catalogue. The Enterprise M'f'g Co. of Pa., Third & Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Typeface on verso varies between prints.
Vignette illustration on verso. Depicts a hand churning the handle of a fruit press making juice.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Michael Zinman.
Subject World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Buildings.
Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Penn'a.
Hardware industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Presses.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes.
Genre Trade cards -- 1890-1900.
Chromolithographs -- 1890-1900.
Associated name Edbrooke, Willoughby J., 1843-1896, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.53 & 77]
Accession number P.2008.36.53
P.2008.36.77