Fine HEINZ Gilt Die Cut Ag Exhibit Watch Charm 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

Description

UNCOMMON Fancy "HEINZ" Gilt Die-cut Pickle Exhibit Ad for a Novel Watch Charm in the Agricultural Building at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
-
Die Cut:
2 x 1.5 inches stiff gilt fiberboard with black print
and slot for a key chain or necklace
(face and back shown). Pittsburg, PA:
Heinz
, 1893. Single
stiff token
with iconic Pennsylvania
Keystone logo
and product information (back shown). This coupon for a "
novel watch charm
" was a clever handout to get Fair visitors up to the less frequented
Gallery in the Agricultural Building
(shown).
- Supplemental Information:
Heinz
was a big player at the WCE with
3 exhibit spaces
upstairs in the
Gallery of the Agricultural Building
(3 shown scanned from the listings in "The Official Directory" and digitally highlighted). This fiberboard coupon at their pickle exhibit was most likely for the famous
green pickle charm
handed out at the Fair as
wearable advertising
(taken from the Heinz Museum website); Heinz also made a color fiberboard pickle to increase the "pickle" fad (shown and previously sold). Heinz is
still in business today
so another American success story from 1893!
- Condition: Excellent. Nice printing and bright color with no fading (shown). No bends, marks, or stains (shown). Cut slot not broken (shown). Light edge wear (shown).
**Buyer
pays
.95 First Class Package in a stiff package with tracking number. Postal insurance required for Final Values over .