Trade card for American Caramel Co. "Navy Caramels"

trade card

Trade card for American Caramel Co. "Navy Caramels"; color lithograph of unarmored cruiser DOLPHIN (built 1885); printed lower right "PHOTO COPYRIGHTED BY W. H. RAU, PHILA." and upper left "U.S.S. 'DOLPHIN'"; 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 2003.4.14. F. Calabretta notes: This card depicts the U.S.S. Dolphin, and represent the ongoing popularity of maritime images in advertising. It is a trading card, and part of a set. The Dolphin was a U.S. Navy dispatch vessel launched in 1885.