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Children feasting on the world's largest ham sandwich

 

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Title:
Children feasting on the world's largest ham sandwich
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0004_00153_001.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d32n4zj07
Type:
Image
Caption:
More than 1200 children attending the World's Fair today (Thursday) feasted on the world's largest ham sandwich prepared by the John R. Thompson Company. This eight foot square sandwich weighed 325 pounds, its ingredients consisting of 260 pounds of dough, 60 pounds of ham and 10 pounds of butter.


Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Children
Sandwiches
World records
Subject--Name:
John R. Thompson Co. (Washington, D.C.)

Photographer:
Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Black and white
Extent:
6.5 x 10.5 in.

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
4
Folder:
153
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.

Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)