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The lot features a collection of circa 1890 to 1949 Black Americana, Native American and Chinese advertising pieces showing a caricature like depiction of their culture, items from Dillon, Montana, San Francisco, and Washington.
The first item is the Coon-Chicken Inn circa 1925-1940’s fold open menu advertisement. The Coon Chicken Inn was an American chain of three restaurants founded by Maxon Lester Graham and Adelaide Burt in 1925. The items image shows an offensive caricature of a black man with large red lips with the COON-CHICKEN INN inscribed on his teeth. The inside shows menu itself and the back an advertisement of their Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City locations of the Nationally famous Cost to Coast Northwest Division Coon-Chicken Inn. 4 3/8-inch by 3.25-inch.
Next is an Dillon, Montana advertising fan with Black Americana imagery on the front. The front shows two Black Americana children and the back is marked, “Dillon Bakery and Confectionery / Ice Cream Sherbert and Punches Made to Order/ Lowney’s Candies and Confections Cigars and Tobaccos Kuntze & Baggenstoss, Props.” The fan likely dates to circa late1890 to early 1900’s. 13 1/8-inch by 7.25-inch.
Next is a 19-century Victorian Black Americana postcard with a caricature of a Black child holding a large piece of watermelon fending off a bug, marked, “Popular Flower & Feather Store, 1010 Market St. Opp. 5th, San Francisco.” Measures 4.25-inch by 2.75-inch.
Next is a 19th-century Victorian original postcard showing a caricature of a Chinese child or baby holding a dinner plate holding chopsticks with a cat having a rat in its teeth, marked, “Popular Flower & Feather Store, 1010 Market St. Opp. 5th, San Francisco.” Card is 4.25-inch by 2.75-inch.
Lastly is a circa 1949 Heep Good Beverages Wenatchee Bottling Works bottle with ACL original label showing a caricature of a Native American at the center. This is an Applied Color Label (ACL) soda bottle manufactured in 1949 by the Ownes-Illinois Glass Company, featuring a bold black and orange graphics with smiling Native American head logo – a classic example of post-World War II regional soda advertising from the Pacific Northwest. Heep Good Beverages was made in Wenatchee, Washington. The bottom of the bottom shows the following embossed markings and their meanings: 20 for Owens-Illinois plant cade, Owens-Illinois Diamond-I-Oval logo, 9 for year code of 1949, 8 for the mold / cavity number, and 4419-C the internal mold designation, all consistent with late-1940’s West Coast soda production pieces. Well kept, not major damages and crisp graphics. Measures 9.5-inch tall by 2.5-inch diameter.
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