H-O (Hornby's Oats) Cereal Box

Object/Artifact

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Chester Historical Society

H-O (Hornby's Oats) Cereal Box - oblique

H-O (Hornby's Oats) Cereal Box - oblique

Name/Title

H-O (Hornby's Oats) Cereal Box

Entry/Object ID

chs-015201

Description

H-O (Hornby's Oats) Cereal Box.

Context

Alexander Hornby's first factory during the first 20 years of Hornby's Oats, about 1872-96. The mill and the inn, with gabled roof, faced the Craig general store in Craigville. The success of H-O made it necessary to draw on the West for grain, which was brought to the Erie's Craigville station on the Oxford Road and carted a mile to the mill and then back to the railroad for shipment to market. In 1896 the new owners moved the Craigivlle operation to Buffalo. The success of H-O made it necessary to draw on the West for grain, which was brought to the Erie's Craigville station on the Oxford Road and carted a mile to the mill and then back to the railroad for shipment to market. Regrettably, there are none now who remember him, and so none can say whether the round little man with miller's apron on the label of the modern "quick oats" package, above a quotation of Dickens, is meant to be a portrait of the miller of Craigville.

Category

Hornby
Businesses

Acquisition

Notes

10/8/2014 Gift from Robert McCue.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

H-O Cereal Company, Buffalo, NY.

Date made

circa 1917

Dimensions

Height

9.3 cm

Width

11.8 cm

Depth

19.5 cm

Create Date

January 14, 2025

Update Date

April 12, 2025