Chew Man Chew gum fortune
notes: label: Description
content: Chew Man Chew Bubble Gum and Fortune featured individually packed pieces of gum with fortune paper inside. A clear spin-off of “Fu Manchu,” a yellow face with mere lines as facial features reminiscent of the Fu Manchu mustache introduces fortunes like: “Questions/ may be keys to/ doors of truth.” The yellow face has also a brown conical hat, and fingers with long sharp black nails.
label: Description
content: The red wrapping paper has sharp yellow letters with black shadow, characteristic of the stereotypical so-called “Asian font.” On the side is the same yellow face as on the paper fortunes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3057.08
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3057
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3057.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fortune
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 in; 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm