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Clark Black Jack Caramels

ca. 1970

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Clark Black Jack Caramels
  • Title
  • Clark Black Jack Caramels
  • Creator
  • A. Church Photographers
  • Date
  • ca. 1970
  • Identifier
  • 20180128-hpichswp-0028
  • Source Identifier
  • MSS_640_B001_F006_I03
  • Description
  • Clark Black Jack Caramels. First produced as penny candy by the D. L. Clark Company, Black Jack caramels were sold by the company through at least the mid-1970s. Black Jack Caramels were a blend of three different flavors- artificial cherry, vanilla, and licorice. Through at least the 1950s, the branding and packaging of Clark Black Jack Caramels included a depiction of a minstrel in blackface playing a banjo.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • D. L. Clark Company.
    Candy industry--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Candy.
  • Source
  • D. L. Clark Candy Company Records, 1923-1992, MSS 640, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • D. L. Clark Company Papers and Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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