"The Cock and the Jewel " card advertising Heydt's "Yankee" bread, 1908

Item — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 4

Identifier: CFC2018.0448.6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

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Dates

1908

Extent

1 Cards : One colored "The Cock and the Jewel " card advertising Heydt's "Yankee" bread. ; 2¾" x almost 4".

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The card is slightly torn on its right side. Again, the artist creates a composite picture, with the real life scene in the center. In this scene, a rooster and a chicken stand over a gold pocket watch while a third fowl nests in the background. The two additional scenes show, in the upper left, an ear of corn and, in the lower right, an array of gleaming jewels. Sickle-like arcs and ribbons divide the sections. This card has no indication of being printed in Germany. The message for Heydt's "Yankee" bread seems to vary with each picture. Here it is "All Bread is not alike. Try Heydt's 'Yankee' Bread and note the difference."