Century of Progress General Foods Display

Name/Title

Century of Progress General Foods Display

Entry/Object ID

M79.11.84

Description

General Foods Display at the Century of Progress 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair. This is an interior shot with 4 columns of light above counters with stools. Behind the counters are windows with foods. Above the windows are oversized containers of food products. "GENERAL FOODS" appears repeatedly above the display. On the containers are "Swansdown Cake Flour" "Baker's Coconut" "Maxwell House Coffee" "Whole Bran" "Post's Bran Flakes" "Post Toasties Corn Flakes". Photo is mounted on an ecru paperboard mat.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White Print

Made/Created

Studio

Hedrich-Blessing

Date made

1933

Time Period

1930s

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects