"Boy Scout Saluting the Flag", Sculptured in Meadow Gold Butter

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Artist / MakerBeatrice Creamery CompanyMeadow Gold ButterDate1923Material / Techniquepaper (fiber product) (Material)printing (process) (Technique)DescriptionBlack background. In profile, Boy Scout in uniform with brimmed hat, scarf, shirt, shorts, knee-high socks, and boots saluting flag. Facing boy is a large dog. Boy and dog are made of butter, and tinted gold. Flag is black and white. Boy and dog on gold platform of butter, flag in holder on floor.
Verso: "Souvenir of Kansas State Free Fair Topeka, Sept. 10-15, 1923", "'Boy Scout Saluting the Flag,' Sculptured in Meadow Gold Butter".Dimensions8.57 x 13.81 cm (3 3/8 x 5 7/16 in)Accession No.2007.062.015

CollectionTrade CardsPlaceTopeka, KS

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"Boy Scout Saluting the Flag", Sculptured in Meadow Gold Butter