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Flour Sack
- Material
- FABRIC-COTTON;
- Description
- Off white cotton flour sack with text on both sides. One one side are ink removal instructions, "Milled from Washed Wheat / Treadmark / Robin Hood Flour" in large red letters over a coat of arms. Under coat of arms is "For Bread, Cakes & Pastry / Robin Hood FLour Mills Limited / Moose Jaw Calgary …
- Manufacturer
- Robin Hood Flour Mills Limited
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MERCHANDISING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Start Date
- 1928
- End Date
- 1966
- Period or Date Notes
- Based on opening of Saskatoon factory (referenced on the bag) and closing of the Moose Jaw factory (also referenced on the bag), based on dates in Wikipedia entry for "Robin Hood Flour", accessed January 30 2019
- Description
- Off white cotton flour sack with text on both sides. One one side are ink removal instructions, "Milled from Washed Wheat / Treadmark / Robin Hood Flour" in large red letters over a coat of arms. Under coat of arms is "For Bread, Cakes & Pastry / Robin Hood FLour Mills Limited / Moose Jaw Calgary Saskatoon". On reverse side is similar text, but with cartoon drawing of a Robin Hood character with a bow and arrow. 98 lb bag.
- Material
- FABRIC-COTTON;
- Width
- 50
- Length
- 88
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1997.16.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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