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Cottage cheese container

Date

1935-1951

GUSN

GUSN-10036

Description

Round cardboard lidded box (5 lb.) printed In green and orange on lid; incised manufacturer's mark on underside

Details

Descriptive Terms

cheese boxes
packaging
cardboard
incising
printing (process)
Cardboard
Transfer Printed
Incised
BOX

Inscription

Printed on lid: Hood's/ Creamed [crossed out]/ Cottage/ Cheese/ Pasteurized/ Net/ Weight 5 lbs./ H.P. Hood & Sons - Boston, Mass Incised on underside: ""Seal Right"" mfg by/ pat's issued and pend./ Sealright Co. Inc./ Fulton, N.Y.

Additional Identification Number

1995.204A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4.75 (H), 7 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth McAfoose

Accession Number

1995.204AB

Places

New York state (United States)

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