Description
Full color 10″ x 14″ ad that illustrates the Philadelphia Blended Whisky and demonstrates what it stood for. The top half of the page is a print dated 1800 of Waterfront at Arch Street in Philadelphia. The scene is looking out at the edge of the ocean and you can see one boat tied tight to a wharf as three men stand in a circle talking in the foreground. The print is entitled “Port of Hospitality” and it is followed by an excerpt from a ship’s manifest dated December, 1796. It then says “Launched from the busy shipyards of old Philadelphia, swift argosies plied the seven seas to build a vast commerce with the fabulous Indies and far Cathay. Little wonder that this seat of Colonial culture, waxing rich on expanding trade, should set a solid standard throughout the Colonies for warm hospitality and bounteous entertainment. Today this heritage is graciously sustained by a superb whisky…Philadelphia Blend“.
Source: May 8, 1944 Life magazine.
