Trade card for American Caramel Co. "Navy Caramels"

trade card

Trade card for American Caramel Co. "Navy Caramels"; color lithograph of battle cruiser MONTANA (built 1908); printed lower right "PHOTO COPYRIGHTED BY W. H. RAU, PHILA." and upper left "U.S.S. 'MONTANA'"; printed on back 'NAVY CARAMELS./ THIS CARD IS ONE OF A SET OF/ TWENTY-ONE NAVAL PICTURES,/ CONSISTING OF THE PRINCIPAL/ BATTLESHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY, ONE OF WHICH IS WRAPPED/ WITH EVERY NAVY CARAMEL.", followed by list of vessels, and at bottom "MANUFACTURED ONLY BY/ American Caramel Co./ PHILADELPHIA, PA." Companion piece to 2003.4.15. F. Calabretta notes: This is a trading card, issued after the true trade card era. The U.S.S. Montana was an armored cruiser launched in 1906.