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Cottage cheese container lid

Date

1951-1971

GUSN

GUSN-10041

Description

Round flat tin lid enameled on top side with pale yellow ground and red type; central rectangle with yellow type and cow logo below; shiny underside

Details

Descriptive Terms

lids
containers (receptacles)
enameling
molding (forming)
printing (process)
tin (metal)
Tin
Molded
Enameled
Transfer Printed
LID

Inscription

Printed on 1) top 2) side: 1) Hood's/ Creamed/ Cottage/ Cheese/ Pasteurized/ Hood [cow logo]/ 15 oz./ H.P. Hood & Sons Boston, Mass 2) To open - use any hook type can opener - [repeated] 126 - Anchor Packet Anchor Hocking, U.S.A.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.125 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth McAfoose

Accession Number

1995.207

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