Items

• Farmer Demonstrating the Geometry of Strip Measurement on Tapering Lands
  This is a gray scale photograph of a farmer, wrapped in cloth, sectioning off parts of the dirt with a stick. In the background, there is a farm animal grazing as well as fences and large trees.
• Profile Photographs of Cocoa Laborers in Ghana
  These two images are black-and-white photographs of the profiles of two cocoa laborers, with blurred backgrounds. The first image is of a migrant worker from the North, and the second image is of a local forest farmer.
• Thorn Carving of Three Men Moving A Cart Filled With Bags of Cocoa Beans
  Photograph of a thorn carving on a plywood base with three figures representing men moving a two-wheeled cart filled with five bags of cocoa beans. These types of miniature thorn carvings that depict scenes from Nigerian life are made from soft Ata tree and Egun tree wood and glued together with paste made from cooked rice.
• The Cocoa Farmers Association, Enthusiastic Meeting Held at Nsawam
  Newspaper article from Accra, Ghana, in which the writer is summarizing the ideas discussed at a farmer's association meeting. It also encourages other farmers to create associations in their towns to advocate for workers' rights.
• Pamphlet by the Tea Market Expansion Bureau, "Your Future in Tea Leaves"
  This source is a pamphlet created and sponsored by the Tea Market Expansion Bureau. It was created in 1937 and is about how to predict your future using tea.
• Pamphlet by Chase and Sanborn, "Butterflies of America"
  This pamphlet was created by Chase and Sanborn Tea and Coffee. It contains several pages of illustrations about the different butterflies in America as a marketing tactic to sell their coffee and tea.
• Advertisement of iced tea, "How to help him get out from "Under Pressure"
  This is a general tea advertisement selling iced tea. The tagline reads “[h]ow to get him out from ‘under pressure,’” with a black and white picture of a man’s eyes underneath. To the right side, there is a large picture of a pitcher of iced tea complete with tea leaves and lemon, and the whole advertisement is against a blue background.
• Advertisement for iced tea, "Tea Peps You Up!" (1950)
  This source is a magazine advertisement from the 1950s and showcases a woman and man sharing a glass of iced tea. The woman and the rest of the ad talks about the cooling sensation of the tea.
• Advertisement for iced tea, "Tea Peps You Up!" (1940s)
  This is an iced tea advertisement. The tagline reads “Tea Peps You Up!” and features three panels of people talking to each other about how drinking iced tea helps keep up their “pep.” There is a conversation between two men in the first panel, then a conversation between a man and women in the remaining two panels, all of which center around the idea of tea increasing “pep.”
• Saturday Evening Post 1918 Cover
  This is a cover for the Saturday Evening Post depicting a woman holding a cup of tea and a sandwich. She is most likely a nurse given her outfit of a grey dress and white cap, and given the time period she is most likely a WWI nurse serving an injured male patient.
• Kuapa Farmer Cutting Down Pods
  Photograph of a farmer in Kumasi, Ghana (in the background) using a farming tool to cut down cocoa pods (in the foreground) from a tree.
• Delineator Magazine November 1929
  This magazine cover is in an art deco style and shows a feminine woman drinking a cup of tea. She is wearing a lot of make up and the color scheme is mostly shades of magenta and brown that contrasts the orange tea.
• Otro Nuevo Triunfo
  This is an advertisement for Argentine chocolate brand Aguila. It celebrates their chocolate winning a grand prize in Spain. This image displays three different sizes of chocolate bars, identifying the two larger ones as "new types."
• Lipton's Tea Process
  This image is a magazine advertisement that displays the "tea making" process and the consumers drinking the tea.
• Photo of Dooria Tea Estate, Assam
  This photograph depicts "Coolie Women Bringing in Tea Leaf to be Weighed," standing in a line, in front of the tea estate.
• El chocolate con leche aguila
  This is an advertisement for Aguila chocolate that has a box of chocolates with instructions for preparing the chocolate with milk in the center. The primary text in the advertisement translates as "Aguila chocolate with milk is unanimously recognized as very superior to any similar European [product]."
• Advertisement for Yerba Asuncion, "Si, si, Asunción! no mande otra porque es la mejor," [Yes, yes Asunción! Don't send another because it is the best]
  Woman on the phone standing behind an open door, ordering yerba mate from Yerba Asuncion. The container of mate that she is ordering is featured below the main image as well as a short description.
• Salus: no hay mano criolla que no le haga un hueco cariñoso
  This advertisement for Salus brand yerba mate links the product with the "criolla" or local culture and national identity of Argentina.
• Pamphlet by White House Tea
  This is an advertisement for orange pekoe and pekoe White House Tea, found in the promotional book “The Story of the White House… and its Home Life.” The book goes through each presidential administration and discusses each family's home life, with advertisements placed in the beginning and the end.
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• An Economic Map of Africa Showing the Sources of Various Commodities
  A colored map indicating where various sources can be found throughout Africa. Cocoa, which is typed in red print, is located in several coastal colonies in West Africa.
• Underage Worker Carrying Cocoa Beans
  The image is a photograph that shows a little boy (underage worker) carrying a bin of cocoa beans on top of his head on a plantation.
• TATA TEA Gold - Dil Ko Na Kahoge Toh Pachtaoge , 2019
  A video advertisement from Tata Tea. Transcript: Father: It is a good offer! But it is a different city....why don't you ask to be posted in our city? Daughter: The head office is there. I will have a better career. Father: Where is your home? (implying your home is in our city) Mother: Tea? Daughter(looking disappointed): No Narrator: TATA Tea Gold(name of the tea). It has both the tea seeds as well as 15% longer leaves. This gives it amazing taste and aroma. Conversation in kitchen: Daugther(Smells the tea)[Talking to her mother]: This amazing aroma makes my heart want some tea. Mother: What will happen if you don't listen to your heart? Daughter: I will regret it, ma. Mother: Then listen to your heart. Daughter: "Head Office" Father(lightly smacking daughter with her offer): Come home every holiday Narrator: TATA Tea Gold: You will regret saying no to your heart.
• Indian Tea Relieves Lassitude, circa. 1940
  A tea advertisement in the Hindustan Times. The advertisement depicts a man and a woman wearing cultural Indian dress and drinking tea, as a young boy sits in front of an open book. The advertisement says 'Indian Tea relieves lassitude'
• Tea is 100% Swadeshi, 1947
  Poster for Indian Tea Market Expansion Bureau. Poster depicts an Indian woman sitting and drinking tea next to what can be assumed to be a spindle of some kind. The woman is wearing garments associated with Indian culture and is bare foot.