In 1773 in Boston town was spilled the tea. These are not Indians that you see, but patriots fighting tyranny; they spilled the tea, then drank their fill of coffee ground in Enterprise mill
Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
Cobb, Henry Ives
1859-1931
architect
still image
Graphic
Trade cards -- 1890-1900
Chromolithographs -- 1890-1900
nyu
New York
N.Y. New York
Donaldson Brothers, lith
c1893
1893
monographic
eng
2 prints: chromolithograph; 13 x 9 cm. (5 x 3.5 in.)
Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Enterprise Coffee, Spice and Drug Mills." Contains an anachronistic, historical scene including a caricaturized depiction of Boston Tea Party demonstrators. Shows the men in feather head pieces using a huge Enterprise coffee mill and drinking cups and saucers of coffee. A banner reading "No Taxation Without Representation"waves above their heads." Also contains a view of the Fisheries Building. 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.
Advertising text printed on verso: Enterprise Coffee, Spice and Drug Mills. 24 Sizes-$1.25 to $100.00. The excellence of our coffee Mills has been recognized for years. This does not deter us, however, from constantly trying to make them still better, and it will be our earnest endeavor to maintain their high order of superiority. For full information concerning sizes adapted to the store, household, etc., and prices, send for Catalogue.
Printed on verso of P.2008.36.56: 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-operated coffee mill.
Forms part of the Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection.
Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Penn’a
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Buildings
Hardware industry
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Boston Tea Party, 1773
Coffee mills
New England
History
ca. 1600-1775
Anecdotes
P.2008.36.56
P.2008.36.68
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.56 & 68]
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