This vibrant panorama of the Chesapeake Bay area was issued as an ephemeral advertising image for the G. L. Webster Canning Company. The view shows the skylines of Washington D. C. and New York City in the background, while the foreground displays colorful images of canned vegetables. Virginia Beach is shown simply as a beach and the ferry routes at Hampton Roads and Yorktown are shown. The waterways are filled with ships and barges. A strip of text on the right, which shows when the view is folded, declares the company is the 'Largest Intensive Truck Farming Organization in the World." The verso is mostly blank but at right is a bird's-eye view of the company facility at Cheriton, Virginia on the eastern shore of the state. Examples of this panorama are part of the permanent collection at the Virginia Historical Society and the University of Virginia Special Collections Library. Printed by the Everett Waddy Co. of Richmond, VA.

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Condition: A+

A fine example.