Name/Title
Ad, Tootsie Roll: Captain Tootsie Wants You to Try All Tootsie Products. (Sweets Co. of America, Hoboken); ca. 1948.Entry/Object ID
2011.005.0213Scope and Content
Advertisement: Captain Tootsie Wants You to Try All Tootsie Products. (Sweets Company of America, Hoboken), no date, circa 1948. Full-page color ad probably published in Mutt & Jeff, no issue number, no date, possibly 1948?, page unknown; single leaf removed from publication, trimmed, 6-3/8" x 9-1/16"; (reverse has the publication title, Mutt & Jeff, plus the Superman DC National Comics logo [bullet] and "The Cat" single page comic by Bud Fisher.)
This is not the usual multi-panel comic strip with a story about Captain Tootsie and that promoted Tootsie Rolls which were made in Hoboken. Instead it is a straight ad showing the character and candy products in various packaging.
Candy shown: Tootsie Plain Fudge, Chocolate or Vanilla; Tootsie Milky Caramels, Chocolate or Vanilla; Tootsie Coconut-Filled Fudge, Chocolate or Vanilla; Tootsie Roll, Regular Size; Tootsie Roll, Big Jumbo Size; Toosie Milky Caramels, six in a backage; Tootsie Fudge, Chocolate or Vanila (six pack); Tootsie Pops, Chocolate, Wild Cherry, Orange, Lemon and Lime.
Artwork is not credited.Acquisition
Accession
2011.005Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1948 - 1951Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1948 ca
Date(s): 1948-1951General Notes
Note
Notes: Rolls
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-11-26