This broadside from around 1868 advertises soda fountains available from James W. Chapman &
This broadside from around 1868 advertises soda fountains available from James W. Chapman & Sons of Madison, Indiana. They promise these new models are easy to assemble, clean, and use. The advertisement ends with a series of glowing customer testimonials, like this one from Evans & Cromwell of Morganfield, Kentucky:Messrs. Chapman & Sons: –Gents–Your fountain is one of the most completely arranged, simple, easy going thing we have ever seen in the shape of a soda fountain. Persons who have drank soda water from this fountain pronounced it the best ever drank. Yours, &c., Evans & Cromwell, Morganfield, Ky., Jan. 29, ‘68. Newberry call number: Case Wing broadside TP635 .J36 1868 -- source link
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