"When hunger comes — "

Pan-American Exposition (1901:Buffalo)

This advertisement has a woman and her child hold a bag each of pork and beans while holding each other. The text writes: "When Hunger Comes-- as it is wont to do with persistence and regularity in every clime-- what is so welcome, so wholesome and satisfying as a delicious dish of Van Camp's Boston Baked Pork and Beans. Prepared with Tomato Sauce. Ready in a moment- good hot or cold. Send 6 cents in stamps for a sample can. Booklet free. Van Camp Packing Co. 302 Kentucky Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. Van Camp's Concentrated Tomato Soup - best, purest. 10c. can makes a quart of rich soup."

Advertisement for Van Camp’s Boston Baked Pork and Beans. The illustration shows two figures in coats and hats, one taller and one shorter, holding cans labeled "Van Camp’s." The text promotes the product as wholesome, satisfying, and prepared with tomato sauce, noting that it can be served hot or cold and is available by mail with a sample offer.

Ladies Home Journal (May 1898) p. 23. Digitized from a printed microfilm image.

1898-05

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Van Camp's Boston baked pork and beans ad

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901