Challenge Mills Cinnamon Tin, 1895-1905
THF171424 / Challenge Mills Cinnamon Tin, 1895-1905
01
Artifact Overview
Before products like coffee, tea, and spices were individually packaged with company labels and logos grocers dispensed them from metal bins and canisters. These large tin containers were not only a convenient storage place that kept products dry, but their colorful painted, printed, and stenciled decorations provided an attractive display on the store's shelves and counters.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Tin (Container)
Date Made
1895-1905
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.0.34.251
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Tin (Metal)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Yellow (Color)
Red
Green
Orange (Color)
Black (Color)
Gray (Color)
Copper (Color)
Dimensions
Length: 5.75 in
Width: 8 in
Height: 10.5 in
Inscriptions
on front:
THE / CHALLENGE MILLS / TRADE MARK REGISTERED xx TRADE MARK REGISTERED / PEPP...MON / NEW YORK / WARRENTED FULL WEIGHT
adhesive label on front:
GROCER / BRADFORD
on back:
THE / CHALLENGE MILLS / TRADE MARK REGISTERED xx TRADE MARK REGISTERED / CINNAMON / NEW YORK / WARRENTED FULL WEIGHT
on sides:
TRADE MARK REGISTERED / XX / TRADE MARK REGISTERED / FULL WEIGHT
Keywords |
|---|
02
Related Content
SetExposed Collections—2017-2020 IMLS Grant Project
- 20 Artifacts
Drivers in the early 1900s attached headlights to their automobiles to help light their way at night. To use this "King of the Road" model, automobilists filled the chambers with calcium carbide and then added water creating acetylene gas. Igniting the gas burner produced a strong white light. The lamp's lens and parabolic reflector cast a broad beam lighting the road ahead.