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CHARLES HENRY CUSHMAN PARKER.
“Barry Beech-Nut.” Oil on canvas. 457x419 mm; 18x16
1
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2
inches. Signed, lower right.
Nailed to original stretcher with remnants of original (or contemporary) Beech-Nut pack-
ing label from Canajoharie, New York and framed. Dampstaining visible on verso along
bottom of image, repair with patch to upper left. Circa 1920.
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Cushman Parker created over 30 advertisements for the Beech-Nut company of Canajoharie, N.Y. in
the teens and 1920s featuring rosy-cheeked children enjoying their various products. His original art-
works for them were nearly identical in style to the tow-headed sailor boy on this canvas: a child whose
name began with an alliterative Beech-Nut “B” against a plain white background that was camera-
ready for text.