Chew Man Chew Bubble Gum and 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
place: label: place made
content: Brazil
label: Associated Place
content: Brazil
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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: 2012.3057.01
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3057.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3057
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gum wrappers
label: Object Name
content: gum wrappers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in x 1/8 in; 26.035 cm x 17.4625 cm x .3175 cm