Trade Card for Ariosa Coffee, Arbuckle Bros., "Canada" 1893

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Artifact Overview

Grocers sold coffee in bulk when John and Charles Arbuckle came up with an innovative process for individually packaging different grades of coffee. Their popular Ariosa coffee beans were glazed with a sugar and egg coating supposedly to improve quality and flavor. This trade card, from the Chicago Columbian Exposition, was in a series depicting different nations' sports and pastimes.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade card

Date Made

1893

Subject Date

1893

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

89.0.541.122

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 3 in