Armstrong Philadelphia. Asparagus specialists. [graphic].

Armstrong Philadelphia. Asparagus specialists. [graphic].

Anthropomorphism in art.

Commission merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Asparagus.

Blotting papers.

Women.

Promotional blotter employing erotic imagery and depicting anthropomorphized asparagus. Shows a bunch of asparagus portrayed as impish nude women clustered together with their hands gathered daintily under their chins or near the sides of their face. Blotter possibly promotes the Philadelphia produce commission merchants Armstrong & Co headed by Edward S. Armstrong who served as President of the Produce Dealers’ Association in the 1910s.

Library Company of Philadelphia

[Philadelphia] , [ca. 1915]

1 print : color relief ; 16 x 9 cm. (6.25 x 3.25 in.)

Ephemera - blotters - Armstrong [P.2014.19.2]