Sack for Cabin Home Corn Meal, circa 1960

Bag (Generic container)

circa 1960

Made for Western Grain Company, Birmingham, Alabama.

Not on exhibit to the public.

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Printed in red "explosion" at top front of bag: Enriched / WHITE CORN MEAL / EIGHT OUNCES OF ENRICHED WHITE CORN MEAL / SUPPLY NOT LESS THAN THE FOLLOWING PROPOR-/TIONS OF THE MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENTS OF:/THIAMINE - 100%; RIBOFLAVIN - 50%; NIACIN - / 80%; AND IRON - 65%; THIAMINE, RIBOFLAVIN / AND NIACIN ARE "B" VITAMINS Printed on front of bag: 25 Lbs. Net Weight / CABIN HOME / Enriched / WHITE CORN MEAL / OLD STYLE - UNBOLTED / MANUFACTURED BY / WESTERN GRAIN CO. / BIRMINGHAM, ALA. (c) 1959. Printed in small rectangle on back of bag: FREIGHT SHIPPING BAG / Meeting Requirements of / UNIFORM FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION / Guaranteed by / [DEMES?] COMPANY, INC. M Printed below small rectangle on back of bag: 6EB611 / 116-5727 Printed in large rectangle on back of bag: TO REMOVE INK FROM THIS BAG, immerse in washer / or tub of hot (150°F or more) suds made with either soap / or detergent and allow to stand overnight. The following morn- / ing wash in washer using normal cycle in hot (150°F or more) / water and soap or detergent. If any ink remains, re-wash. Printed at bottom back of bag: 26x26