Which Shall It Be Rob Roy Or Me?
Description:
The trading card folds once in half. It has color drawings on front and back panel.The front panel has the title with a picture of a man holding a woman's chin and neck as she works dough. Near the bottom is the text: For best of bread, I'll take ROB ROY For a lover bold, You are the BOY. Finest winter wheat patent in the U.S. Made by WM. A. Coombs, Coldwater, Mich. There is a bag of flour to the left of the table and a barrel of flour in the front of the table. The back panel has drawings of two plants and the logo for the company. The inside panels have Opinions differ on everything but Rob Roy Flour called testimonials.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Printer: Achert & Henckel, Lith. (Cinciinnati, Ohio)
Brand Name: Rob Roy Flour
Publisher: Wm. A. Coombs (Coldwater, Mich.)
1890 (ca.)
14.0 x 8.9 cm
Trade Cards
Language: English
Key Terms:
- Drawn Illustrations Color
- Factory Illustrations
- Flour
- Foods
- Michigan
- Poems
- Testimonials
- Rob Roy Flour
- Wm. A. Coombs
Copyright: This item is in the public domain.
msuspcsbs_robr_wmacombsco1
Citation: Which Shall It Be Rob Roy Or Me?. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=5215
