Armstrong Philadelphia. Lettuce specialists. [graphic].
Dublin Core
Title
Armstrong Philadelphia. Lettuce specialists. [graphic].
Subject
Anthropomorphism in art.
Commission merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Lettuce.
Blotting papers.
Women.
Description
Promotional blotter employing erotic imagery and depicting an anthropomorphized lettuce. Shows a head of lettuce composed with three nude large-breasted women whose long hair forms the leaves. 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.
Source
Library Company of Philadelphia
Publisher
[Philadelphia] , [ca. 1915]
Format
1 print : color relief ; 16 x 9 cm. (6.25 x 3.25 in.)
Identifier
Ephemera - blotters - Armstrong [P.2014.19.3]