Trade card issued during the world's fair held in Buffalo, N.Y., May 1-November 2, 1901. Depicts a rosey-cheeked boy attired in a sailor suit holding different varieties of boxes of Heide's candies. He stands in front of an open crate of the confections. Henry Heide founded the Heide Candy Company in 1869, which was later purchased by the Hershey Foods Corporation in 1995 and Farley's & Sathers Candy Co. in 2002., Barely legible facsimile of Sarah Berhnardt testimonial dated 1901 printed on verso. Also contains partially legible trademark for "Hotel Savoy, Fifth Avenue and Fifty Ninth Street, New York.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
[1901]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.106]
