Illustrated, metamorphic trade card depicting a windmill with panels that open to show bags and a barrel of "Superlative" and "Gold Medal" flour in the foreground and in the background, a bird's eye view of the Washburn-Crosby Co.'s flour mill complex, including "Mill C Elevator", adjacent to the St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also shows a train crossing the Mississippi River near the falls on the curved Stone Arch Bridge, which was built in 1883 by railroad tycoon James J. Hill for his Great Northern Railway. Cadwallader C. Washburn's business began as the Minneapolis Milling Company at the St. Anthony Falls site ca. 1856. John Crosby entered the partnership in 1877. Consolidated into General Mills in 1928 with twenty-six other national mills., Advertising text printed on verso promotes the "Superlative" and "Gold Medal" brands of flour produced by the Washburn-Crosby Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Washburn [P.9993.2]
Twelve references printed in two columns on recto below title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Myers [P.2002.67.10]
Illustrated trade card depicting an anthropomorphic frog attired in trousers and suspenders smoking a pipe. Heckers' self-raising flour was introduced in 1850 by Hecker & Brother, a partnership started in 1843 between John Hecker, Jr. and George Valentine Hecker in New York City., Advertising text printed on verso: Housekeepers should always be ready to take advantage of anything that will lighten their laborous duties and relieve them from some of the many vexations that are sure to occur in their busy lives. Certainty of results, saving of time, trouble and labor are only a few of the many advantages that may be gained from using Hecker's self-raising flour. This flour comes put up in 3 and 6 lb. packages, ready for use at a moment's notice; requires no salt, yeast or baking powder. Only the exact proportions of raising material are put in, thus insuring a perfect certainty. Your grocer sells it. Directions on every package., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heckers [1975.F.411]
Illustrated trade card depicting a male server carrying pudding and spilling the tray as a dog runs under his feet. Another man, amused by the scene in front of him, carries a stack of plates and men and women seated at a dining table in the next room watch as the dessert spills., Advertising text printed on verso promotes "Barlow's specialties", including Vienna pudding, English plum pudding, blanc mange, browned flour, and Piercy's purity flavoring extracts., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Vienna [1975.F.895]
