Museum Collections

A woman's hand fan made of paper with a hollow bamboo handle. One side has a print of a three caucasian women in bright pink, green and blue Asian kimonos with gold Asian combs in their hair below the words "Chop Sun Shop/ is the Finest Tea imported. It is put up in one pound air tight trade mark tin canisters in order to preserve the fine delicate rich aromatic flavor and great strength". On the reverse, a more detailed ad for "Sun-Sun Chop Tea", over "The Great American Tea Company/ Importers, Coffee Roasters and Packers.../31 & 33 Vesey Street, Cor. Church Street, New York City".