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Trade Card: From Lipton's Tea Company mentioning the exhibition of the Canadian Mite/Jumbo on view at the Chicago World's Fair and that the Mammoth Cheese was purchased by Lipton from the Canadian Government
Trade Card

From Lipton's Tea Company mentioning the exhibition of the Canadian Mite/Jumbo on view at the Chicago World's Fair and that the Mammoth Cheese was purchased by Lipton from the Canadian Government

Name/Title

Card, Trade

Entry/Object ID

000.48.4

Scope and Content

Beige with blue lettering. Card stock paper. Front: THE CANADIAN MITE. ⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔ " JUMBO, " THE (Typed in black and in brackets Made at Perth Ont., 1892) BIGGEST CHEESE EVER MADE, Weighing 22,000 lbs. This marvel of the dairy, now on view At the “World’s Fair,” was made from The milk of 10,000 cows, milked by 1666 Milkers, the milk weighing 207,200 lbs. Equivalent to over 100 tons, or fully 20,- 720 gallons. (Typed in black 28 ft. in circumference.- ⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔ 6ft. high.) THIS MAMMOTH CHEESE HAS BEEN PURCHASED FROM THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT BY LIPTON, THE LARGEST Tea, Coffee & provision Dealer IN THE WORLD And will be Exhibited at his various Branches All over Great Britain at the close Of the Exposition. (Typed in black Chicago, 1893.-) ⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔⏔ See LIPTON’S EXHIBITS in The British Section and Ceylon Court (Typed in black and in bracket A.M. Campbell) Back: List of Tea and Coffee Estates; Shipping Warehouses; Ceylon Offices; Warehouses and Export Stores; Indian Offices; Sales Rooms; Blending and Duty Paid Stores; Roasting and Blending Stores; Chief Offices; Export Stores; Branches and Agencies all over the world.