A token from C. Jevne & Co.
This token was issued by C. Jevne & Co, one of the biggest retail distributors in Chicago area in the late 19th and early 20th century, likely for the purpose of advertising the oriental teas, particularly Chinese teas the company was importing and selling....
The token is made of aluminum, with a diameter of 38mm. The obverse is a Chinese dragon with "C. JEVNE&Co" and "Chicago" inscribed in the center and lower part of the token. The reverse features an official from Qing Dynasty with Manchu queue hairstyle holding a hand-fan, with the inscription of "Jevne's Gold Mandarin Teas" on the outer edge.
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C. Jevne & Co., at 110-12 Madison Street, Chicago is probably the greatest retail distributor of good things to eat of Boston and New York. The business was started by Christian Jevne at 41 Kinzie Street, near the north branch of the Chicago River in 1865. His capitol was about $200. The present president of the company, Mr. Otto Christian Erickson, was appointed treasurer and bookkeeper in 1868 and has since been actively and continuously connected with the firm. In 1870 the business was moved to No. 1-3, North Clark Street, right at the foot of the bridge, where they met with an unexpectedly large increase in their business. The great fire in 1871, however, wiped it all out with the exception of $5000 in bank and about $4000 in outstanding accounts. About two weeks afterwards the business was reopened on Halsted Street, where it remained until 1874, when it was moved back to North Clark Street. It was a busy spot in Chicago at that time and especially a gathering place for farmers and lake shipping interests. The firm was then doing a business of $375,000 a year and had to seek larger quarters. They built their present building at 110-112 Madison Street and moved there in 1878. Christian Jevne died in 1898. Mr. Otto C. Erickson was taken in as a member of the firm in 1887 and has continuously increased the business. They employ from 100 to 125 men, fourteen of whom are drivers who look after forty horses. They are large importers getting their coffee direct from Sumatra and Arabia, their tea from China, Japan and Ceylon, wine from Europe, cheese, fish, canned goods and aquavit from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The company has direct dealings with every country in the world and it is interesting to note that for the past fifteen years every ship freighting coffee from Sumatra in the East Indies has been a Norwegian, are officered and manned by Norwegians, with the exception of two or four ships which is employed each year for the handling of coffee purchased directly from the government of Holland at its four annual coffee auctions. In 1902, the company was incorporated, and Otto G. Erickson was elected as the first-president. The company went out of business in 1915.
The reverse official looks like Dr. Fu Manchu (傅满洲、福满洲博士), he is a fictional character introduced in a series of novels by British author Sax Rohmer during the firsr half of the 20th century. Lots of western people had thought Fu Manchu moustache is the image of Chinese.
傅满洲是英国小说家萨克斯-罗默创作的系列小说中的虚构人物。虚构的傅满洲形象极为不堪，是一个瘦高秃头，倒竖两条长眉，面目阴险。傅满洲这一角色在小说及改编的电影取得了巨大成功，也给欧美大众留下了深刻的印象，以致于很多人将这一形象等同为了中国人的形象。
按照罗默的描写，这其实是黄祸的拟人化形象。傅满洲是1840年出生的中国人，为了征服世界而密谋各种邪恶计划，并精通多种语言、科学与毒药的调制，还透过不知名的魔药延年益寿。集整个东方人种所有残忍狡猾于一身、智力巨大无朋、精通古今科学和拥有富可敌政府的资源。
傅满洲的创作源起，是来自弥漫欧美的“黄祸”恐慌，以及罗默对英国唐人街治安败坏的偏狭成见。说到欧美对“黄祸”的想象，既混有13世纪蒙古西征的久远恐惧、也有对中国庞大人口将取代白人的担忧、还有义和团之乱的夸张渲染、更有忧虑中国复兴后将征服全世界的莫名宣传。
亚高 发表于 2020-7-13 12:20
傅满洲是英国小说家萨克斯-罗默创作的系列小说中的虚构人物。虚构的傅满洲形象极为不堪，是一个瘦高秃头， ...
说的是！ 很可能就是借用了这个形象以达广告效果:lol 何氏币 发表于 2020-7-13 14:18
说的是！ 很可能就是借用了这个形象以达广告效果
Impressive moustache, like a logo. 感觉鬼佬是根据主观印象的艺术创作，感觉不是针对华人有特别针对性的举措，但这样的反派设定对华人的形象不好。 鬼佬把它们自己的思想行为意识恶意的安插在中国人头上以此丑化中国人，其买那个傅满洲表现的就是鬼佬自己内心的想法。，中国人素来以天朝大国自居，认为自己物产丰富根本就不稀罕边远蛮夷那点东西，是那种农耕国家自我满足的思想。反而是西方鬼佬一直觊觎世界各地的物产，到处搞血腥的种族灭绝和殖民掠夺，美洲印度安人土地被侵略种族被杀绝就是活生生的实例，居心叵测，栽赃陷害，自私卑鄙这样的词语用来形容它们的民族性格是极其切合的。它们的文艺抹黑行为是最纯粹的以小人之心度君子之腹，正是西洋鬼佬自己内心真实想法的写照，想称霸世界的正是它们自己！。
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