Maxwell House Coffee (General Foods Corporation)

Advertisement for the General Foods Company, featuring Maxwell House Coffee. Includes an illustration depicting a man and woman dining and a Black man serving them coffee in an reference to the antebellum South. Also includes an image of a can of Maxwell House Coffee.

Publication date: 1930-02-16

Copyright date: 1930

Size: 49.1 x 36.3 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Coffee--1930-1940
• General Foods Corporation--Products--1930-1940
• Ethnic stereotypes--1930-1940

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
• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Advertisement Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (February 16, 1930), Picture Section/Part 1, p. 8

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg