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Gelatine Packaging
- Material
- PAPER-CARDBOARD; PAPER-CARDBOARD;
- Description
- a) a small, orange and pale green cardboard box, with 'KNOX' and 'PLAIN SPARKLING No. 1 GELATINE' in black lettering on front and back. Also a picture of a cow on front and back (trademark), with 'Made By Charles B. Knox Gelatin Co., Inc., Johnstown, N.Y., U.S.A.' and 'Montreal, Canada' on the fron…
- Title
- Knox Plain Sparkling Gelatine
- Manufacturer Notes
- Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co.
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MERCHANDISING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Place Of Manufacture
- United States: Johnstown, New York
- Canada: Montreal, Quebec
- Start Date
- 1890
- End Date
- 1975
- Period or Date Notes
- Date range reflects when company was headquartered in Johnstown New York. Item likely dates more specifically to the 1930s-1940s.
- Description
- a) a small, orange and pale green cardboard box, with 'KNOX' and 'PLAIN SPARKLING No. 1 GELATINE' in black lettering on front and back. Also a picture of a cow on front and back (trademark), with 'Made By Charles B. Knox Gelatin Co., Inc., Johnstown, N.Y., U.S.A.' and 'Montreal, Canada' on the front and back. Top, pale green with 'KNOX GELATINE' and 'Makes Four Pints of Jelly'. The bottom has the same but it's damaged. The sides are orange with advertisements in black border.
b) off white small paper envelop with blue text that reads "Knox Sparkling Unflavoured Gelatine" with image of a cow and two small children wearing chef's hats and bearing prepared gelatine on trays. Instructions under the heading "Important Notice". Further instructions on the back.
c) Same as b, but "important notice" is in red text rather than blue
d) small paper recipe book titled "Desserts, Salads and other Dainty Dishes made of Knox Sparkling Gelatine"
- Material
- PAPER-CARDBOARD; PAPER-CARDBOARD;
- Height
- 8.6
- Width
- 2.5
- Length
- 6.9
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1991.32.1 a-d
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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