Cottolene "Tradebook"

Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century-- Pictorial works

The image shows the front and back covers of a multipage booklet. It was published by the N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, Ill., [1900?]. The N. K. Fairbank Company was also a large distributor of meat products and produced numerous pamphlets and broadsheets for distribution at fairs and expositions. It was Printed by the American Lithograph Company, New York.

The image is in color and a drawing. It advertises Cottolene which is for shortening and frying. There is a drawing of a young woman on the front of the card and the text reads "a public secret." The back of the card depicts a jar of Cottolene.

Advertisement for White Cottolene shortening produced by the N.K. Fairbank Company. The illustration shows a person mixing ingredients at a kitchen table with a container of Cottolene prominently displayed. Text promotes the product as a pure vegetable oil alternative to animal fat, highlighting benefits for pie crusts, doughnuts, biscuits, and general frying.

Kerry S. Grant. The Rainbow City: Celebrating Light, Color and Architecture at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. Buffalo, N. Y.: Canisius College Press, 2001. From the Collection of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.

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Advertising Cards, Tradecards

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Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901