Image: An eagle labeled "Scott" wears a plumed hat, and stands next to packages that represent "Washington sauce", and "Cotton". The constitution rests under his feet., Verse 987: I think you've sauce enough, sly bird, and e're you further go, you'll get some red-hot pepper, that will make you "jump Jim Crow.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Reproduction of a satiric drawing alluding to the "old soger," General Winfield Scott, the retired first commander of the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Shows a huge smoking cigar bud, i.e., an "old soger," propped up in the middle of "Camp Scott." An officer looks on in disbelief., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52g]
Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Enterprise Ice Shredder." Contains an anachronistic scene including a caricaturized depiction of Major General Winfield Scott following the Battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814. Depicts Scott seated on a trunk and sipping a frosty julep through a straw as one of his soldier handles an Empire ice shredder on a cake of ice. Other soldiers stand guard behind him and in the background Native American lay on the ground and run. Also contains a view of the U.S.S. battleship Illinois. 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 Ice Shredder. Patented, 1893. For Shaving Ice coarse or Fine. Prices: No. 33 Tinned $7.20 per dozen. No. 34, Nickeled, $24.00 " ". The operation of our Shredder requires no explanation, being simply to draw the blade upon a piece of ice, the pressure applied producing fine or coarse pieces, as desired. To remove the finely cut ice from the cup, grasp the Shredder firmly in the right hand and strike it, inverted, upon the left, at the same time being careful to keep the lid closed. then scrape the ice into some convenient receptacle. It is not necessary to take the ice out of the refrigerator, as you may reach in and fill the cup from the side, end or top of a cake of ice without disturbing anything or wetting your hand. Its use will be appreciated for Fruits, Drinks, Oysters and clams on the half Shell, Olives, Celery, Radishes, Iced Tea, Sliced Tomatoes, etc., etc., and for many purposes in the Sick Room., 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., Vignette illustration on verso. Depicts a cross-section of the ice shredder on a cake of ice., Typeface on verso varies between prints., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1893
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.62 & 76]
