Noyes-Norman Shoe Company, Sunflower Shoes, Advertising Poster, c. 1900
Entry/Object ID
AM1957.7.80
Scope and Content
Noyes-Norman Shoe Company, Sunflower Shoes, Advertising Poster, c. 1900. Color illustration of young girl in pink dress, accented with sunflowers, holding sunflowers in her hand. She is standing in front of a large yellow/brown sunflower with the words "Sunflower Shoes" written along the fanned petals. Below her is "Manufactured by Noyes-Norman & Co., St. Joseph, MO." This is the original artwork for the advertisement to be turned into lithograph.
There are 4 similar posters assigned 802/19053, each with slightly different color schemes. Three are lithographs by Combe Lithograph, St. Joseph, MO. 802/19053-3 (or 57.7.80) is the original water color painting for this ad.
This poster features girl in pink dress with blue ribbon bows on her shoulders and blue ribbon sash at waist. She is wearing black hose on her legs. The background is a green grass and trees. There are leaves behind the sunflowers she holds in her hands
Poster may have been designed by W. T. Keller