Blue Seal Chocolate Drink Carton
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Artifact Overview
The quest for a shatter-proof milk container prompted John Van Wormer to patent a paper carton in 1915. Many processors and distributors continued to use breakable glass bottles, but, after 1937, mechanized production made the disposable, wax-coated folded cartons inexpensive and indispensable liquid containers. The iconic design, a box with a gable-end top with a pouring or drinking spout, remains the industry standard today.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carton (Container)
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Manufactured for Ex-Cell-O Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, by the Kieckhefer Container Company, Cherry River Division, Delair, New Jersey, Bensenville, Illinois, and Whittier, California, for International Dairy Co., Oakland, California.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
71.1.1242
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of David M. Gwinn.
Material
Cardboard
Metal
Wax
Color
Cream (Color)
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 9 in
Width: 2.75 in
Length: 3 in
Inscriptions
on front of carton:
ONE FULL QUART / TO CLOSE / PRESS / HERE / LIFT HERE / BLUE / SEAL / Recombined / HOMOGENIZED / CHOCOLATE / MILK / DRINK / PASTEURIZED / INTERNATIONAL / DAIRY
on side of carton:
INTERNATIONAL / DAIRY / TO OPEN / TO POUR / TO CLOSE / INTERNATIONAL DAIRY / SUPPLY CO. / OAKLAND, CALIF.
on back of carton:
ONE FULL QUART / BLUE SEAL / CHOCOLATE / MILK DRINK / [text in various languages] / INTERNATIONAL / DAIRY
on side of carton:
INTERNATIONAL / DAIRY / Store and Serve Cold / Keep in Refrigerator / MANUFACTURED UNDER / UNITED STATES CONTRACT / No. W11-027-QM-99649 / O. I. FH 1225 / INTERNATIONAL DAIRY / SUPPLY CO. / OAKLAND, CALIF.
on top folds:
W-842 / SEALED / SANITARY / SINGLE SERVICE / Pure-Pak / Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. / CONTAINER - A PRODUCT OF / EX-CELL-O CORPORATION / DETROIT, MICH.
on top folds:
1-601-229 / Covered / by one or more / U. S. Patent Nos. / 1,763,025 / / [...] / 2,329,797 / OTHER PATENTS PENDING / MANUFACTURED FOR EX-CELL-O CORP. BY / KIECKHEFER CONTAINER COMPANY / CHERRY RIVER DIVISION / DELAIR, N. J. BENSENVILLE, ILL. WHITTIER CALIF.
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