Can Label, "Shakers' Brand String Beans," circa 1880
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Manufacturers of similar products sought ways to make their company's goods stand out on store shelves. Attractive labels, like this design for Shakers' Brand String Beans, helped catch the attention of potential customers -- hopefully encouraging them to purchase the company's product rather than that of a competitor.
Manufacturers of similar products sought ways to make their company's goods stand out on store shelves. Attractive labels, like this design for Shakers' Brand String Beans, helped catch the attention of potential customers -- hopefully encouraging them to purchase the company's product rather than that of a competitor.
Artifact
Can label
Date Made
circa 1880
Creators
Shakers, Mount Lebanon Community (Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.)
Brainard, Daniel Clinton, 1828-1897
Place of Creation
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
93.0.2.13
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Printing (Process)
Color
Brown
Light blue
Maroon
Multicolored
Yellow
Yellow green
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 in
Width: 14 in
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