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Packaging label for Nutfield brand Bartlett pears, produced for H.P. Hood & Sons, Boston, Mass., ca. 1909

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

ca. 1909

Location Note

Hood Collection: Conserved Packaging Labels

GUSN

GUSN-195579

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Description

Label for Nutfield brand canned pears. The label has four sections, two large and two small. The large labels are the Nutfield brand with a large Bartlett pear and the H.P. Hood logo with Jersey Belle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

food
preservation (function)
advertising
art (fine art)
labels (identifying artifacts)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000701
AccessID 925
Other identifier HNEDID-000701

Physical Description

1 label

Collection Code

CC001

Collection Name

H.P. Hood Company records

Reference Code

CC001.TMP.001

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Karle Lithography Company (Rochester, N.Y.) (Printer)

Material Type

labels (identifying artifacts)

Other Organizations

H.P. Hood & Sons

Subjects

Pear (LCSH)
Bartlett pears
Nutfield Bartlett pears (Brand name)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Hood Collection: Conserved Packaging Labels

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