File:Oyster Sandwich Comus Soda Fountain New Orleans 1917.jpg

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English: 1917 advertisement for fried oyster sandwich from Comus Soda Fountain, 917 Common Street, 137 St. Charles Street, New Orleans.

Engraved illustrations show "OUR SPECIAL OYSTER SANDWICH" and what appears to be a bucket of oysters.

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"THE PLACE THAT'S DIFFERENT"

SPECIAL! OYSTER SANDWICH 10c
Four delicious fried oysters in a toasted, buttered French loaf with a piece of pickle, wrapped in sanitary wax paper sealed bag, for 10c. We keep them hot and ready to take with you. If you work in an office send your lunch boy.

OYSTER SOUP .... 10c
OYSTER PATTE .... 10c
CLAM BULLION .... 10c
BEEF BULLION .... 10c

No Tips at Our Counters

COMUS
SODA FOUNTAIN
715 Common St. 137 St. Charles St.

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Source 1917 print ad from unspecified New Orleans newspaper, presumably either the Times-Picayune or one of the competitors that were later absorbed by the Picayune, via [1]
Author Not stated; presumably advertising writer/illustrator(s) hired by Comus Soda Fountain, New Orleans.

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