The universal food chopper – Historic Print
![The universal food chopper, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/14/147d63ce7ffd-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic print captures The universal food chopper in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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This print advertises "The universal food chopper," a kitchen tool, and it is one of the few items on this board that shows a household device rather than a dish or a meal. The shelflist card associates it with Forbes Litho. Co., a commercial lithography firm, so it was most likely made as an advertisement or promotional piece for a product. Such color prints were common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when manufacturers used eye-catching lithographs to sell new labor-saving goods to home cooks. The record gives no date, so the exact period is uncertain.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Forbes Litho. Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,155 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176531 |
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