Blatz Chewing Gum

Advertisement for Blatz Chewing Gum features grape gum, mint gum, and Blatz buttons. Includes image of a young black boy crawling through a fence toward a watermelon patch. Although very stereotypical, this drawing style and advertisement content were common in the early twentieth century.

Publication date: 1928-04-01

Size: 49 x 37 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Genre(s):

• Advertisements

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (April 1, 1928), p. 6

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Fremont, G. W.