Faust Blend Coffee

Faust Blend Coffee Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
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Advertising
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Faust Blend Coffee back Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
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Food
Text on Button BLANKE'S FAUST BLEND COFFEE
Image Description

Illustration of a person in a pink suite with cape, white boots and green shorts on a white background with black text
Back Paper / Back Info

Baldwin &Gleason Co., Ltd. NEW YORK BUTTONS BADGES PAT.  AUG 8 1899
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
The Manufacturer
Baldwin & Gleason Co. Ltd.
Additional Information

The C.F. Blanke Tea & Coffee Company was founded by Cyrus F. Blanke in St. Louis, Missouri and operated from 1889-1940. The mascot for the company was a devil based on a character in a German play, Faust, in which a devil tempts the main character with unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Ergo, the company trademarked a devil character to tempt consumers to purchase their rich coffee blends.
Sources

The Antique Advertising Expert. (n.d.). The devil made me drink it! Faust Coffee stirs up temptation. Retrieved from http://www.antiqueadvertisingexpert.com/the-devil-made-me-drink-it-faus…
Catalog ID AD0563