union pacific tea (1 resultados)

Condición: Very good. 14 x 20 cm trade card with colour illustration on one side, printed advertising on the other. Roses with dewdrops have caption "Compliments of Union Pacific Tea Co." Other side gives Headquarters at 79 Water St. New York City and lists numerous branches with their addresses from Albany to Youngstown. Some residue on rear corners. "We are now as heretofore, the largest and most powerful Company in the world, and we mean always to keep the front rank in the Tea and Coffee business." The Union Pacific Tea Company was formed in 1873 and headquartered in New York City. Owned by Robert Parks McBride, it was indeed a large importer and wholesale and retail distributor of tea and coffee in the late 1800s and early 1900s. At its height, Robert McBride owned 106 stores; this card lists 103 locations.