Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company and other trade cards depicting the Americas
Content Description
Four sets of six illustrated chromolithograph advertising cards each, with one group of 14 miscellaneous cards; illustrated subjects include Cuba, the Panama Canal, the empire of the Incas, and Mexico.
Four sets of six illustrated chromolithograph advertising cards, with one group of 14 miscellaneous cards; illustrated subjects include Cuba, the Panama Canal, the empire of the Incas, and Mexico.
Dates
- Creation: after 1885
Creator
- Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company (Organization)
Language of Materials
In English, French, German, and Italian.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
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Extent
.08 linear feet (38 cards in 1 volume)Biographical / Historical
Liebig's Extract of Meat Company was the producer of LEMCO brand Liebig's Extract of Meat and the originator of Oxo meat extracts and Oxo beef stock cubes. It was named after Baron Justus von Liebig, the 19th-century German organic chemist who developed and promoted a method for industrial production of beef extract. The company's trading cards were issued 1870-1975 to popularize the product, often employing well-known artists to design the series.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019M-88. Purchased from Kevin Jackson with the J. H. Parry Memorial Book Fund and the Roland B. Dixon Fund, 2010 May 10.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019.
Creator
- Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company (Organization)
- Title
- Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company and other trade cards depicting the Americas, after 1885 (MS Am 3290): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 April 17
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03153
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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