MenuGuide to the Southern Sweet Gum Company advertising trading cards for Kestler's Sweet Gum and Pepsin, circa 1898-1903
Abstract
The Southern Sweet Gum Company was a chewing gum manufacturer in Greensboro (Guilford Co.), N.C.
Collection comprises 8 full-color advertising trade cards (approx. 4x6 in.), featuring authors and composers, produced as a purchasing incentive for the chewing gum. Included are cards for Burns, Byron, Dickens, Goethe, Longfellow, Mozart, Schiller, and Tennyson. Missing from the collection are Wagner, Beethoven, and Liszt. The cards are undated, but there is documentation for the company's location in Greensboro between 1898 and 1903.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Southern Sweet Gum Co.
- Title
- Southern Sweet Gum Company advertising trading cards for Kestler's Sweet Gum and Pepsin, circa 1898-1903
- Language of Materials
- English
- Extent
- 8 items (.10 lin. ft.)
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
Collection comprises 8 full-color advertising trade cards (approx. 4x6 in.), featuring authors and composers, produced as a purchasing incentive for the chewing gum. Included are cards for Burns, Byron, Dickens, Goethe, Longfellow, Mozart, Schiller, and Tennyson. Missing from the collection are Wagner, Beethoven, and Liszt. The cards are undated, but there is documentation for the company's location in Greensboro between 1898 and 1903.
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Contents of the Collection
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The Southern Sweet Gum Company was a chewing gum manufacturer in Greensboro (Guilford Co.), N.C.
Subject Headings
- Advertising cards.
- Chewing gum--United States--History.
- Chewing gum industry.
- Burns, Robert, 1759-1796--Portraits.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Portraits.
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Portraits.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Portraits.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Portraits.
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791--Portraits.
- Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805--Portraits.
- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron,1809-1892--Portraits.
- John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Southern Sweet Gum Co.
- Trade cards (advertising)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Southern Sweet Gum Company advertising trading cards for Kestler's Sweet Gum and Pepsin, circa 1898-1903, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Purchase, 2009
Processing Information
Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, June 2010
Encoded by: Alice Poffinberger, June 2010
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2009-0160
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.