Can Label, "Gold Band Brand Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple," 1898-1930

Summary

Food companies sought ways to make their packaged goods stand out on store shelves from other similar products. Attractive labels, like this eye-catching design for Gold Band brand sliced Hawaiian pineapple, helped catch the attention of potential customers and encouraged them to purchase the company's product rather than that of a competitor.

Food companies sought ways to make their packaged goods stand out on store shelves from other similar products. Attractive labels, like this eye-catching design for Gold Band brand sliced Hawaiian pineapple, helped catch the attention of potential customers and encouraged them to purchase the company's product rather than that of a competitor.

Artifact

Can label

Date Made

1898-1930

Creators

California Fruit Canners Association 

P.T. Company 

Place of Creation

United States, California, San Francisco 

Creator Notes

Lithographed by P.T. Company for the California Fruit Canners Association, both of San Francisco, California.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

89.311.75

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Out of the West Publishing.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Lithography

Dimensions

Height: 4.25 in

Width: 11.125 in

Inscriptions

THE GOLD BAND / BRAND / SLICED HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE

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