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- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1899
- Material
- Cardboard, wood, glass
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed advertisement for the Cowan Cocoa and Chocolate Company and Cowan's Perfection Cocoa. The advertisement is printed on thin cardboard and lined at the top and bottom by gold-coloured metal. The advertisement features a young girl, seated, facing the left in a three-quarter view. She wears a red hat with a wide brim, a white dress with a red sash or belt, and a white coat. She holds a tin of Cowan's Perfection Cocoa in her left hand, which faces the viewer and bears the words "NUTRITIOUS" and "ABSOLUTELY PURE." In the background at the left is an orange sunset above an open field, and at the right side is a tree surrounded by various foliage. At the top of the image is the text "COWAN'S MILK CHOCOLATE" in green text, decorated with a green flourish. The image is surrounded with a border consisting of a green ribbon, tied in a six-looped bow at each corner, and decorated with yellow and purple pansies. Surrounding this is a wider, red border. The advertisement has a brown border with a light green inner border. Displayed in a dark red-brown wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The outer border of the frame is incised with vertical lines of varying thicknesses, and the inner border of the frame is decorated with a repeating geometric design. The frame has a brown paper backing. A wire runs across the back of the frame, connected to a metal loop at either side.
The Cowan Cocoa and Chocolate Company was located at 72 Sterling Rd. in Toronto. It was founded by John M. Cowan in 1899, and sold to the English Rowntree Chocolate Company in 1926.
- Material
- Cardboard, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Advertising Medium
- Subject of Image
- Food Child/Youth
- Child/Youth
- Child/Youth Advertising
- Accession Number
- 2020-001-0113
- Date Range From
- 1899
- Length
- 89.2
- Width
- 74.2
- Height
- 2.9
- Units
- cm
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