Fraser Baking Company Folk Dance Advertising Card
Local History Collection
Published Materials
Identifier
2015.47.1
Date
1921;1923 (Exact Date;Exact Date)
Place of Publication
Burlington, VT
Description
Advertising card published by the Fraser Baking Company of Burlington, Vermont depicting a group of five women in traditional dress with joined hands. No. 42 in a series of fifty "Magic Flying Trip" trade cards distributed with loaves of the company's bread. Designed to be completed by the recipient: printed with watercolor inks to be activated with water, and designed to be cut out and folded to create a circle of standing figures. Captioned "Folk Dance" in upper center and "Republic of Poland" in lower center. Labeled "Pat July 12-21 / March 6-23" in lower right corner of front. Rear contains instructions for painting and cutting, description of geographical area around Poland, and description of the Magic Flying Trip series. Labeled "Fraser Baking Company / Girard Brothers, Proprietors / 50 Cherry Street / Burlington, Vermont" on lower edge of rear.
Material
Paper
Notes
Appears skewed in the accompanying image because original card is not square.
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Advertising cards [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85001197]
