Name/Title
Package, Product: Wrigley's PK gumEntry/Object ID
2023.4.1.1Description
Rectangular cardboard gum product packaging for "Wrigley's PK Gum." This Wrigley's product package was recovered from the Goulbourn Township Hall building which is currently Goulbourn Museum. The package was discovered in the Township Hall attic space during a 2023 heating, cooling, and ventilation renovation. The package is yellow in colour colour and is decorated with 12 pieces of gum lined up in a pattern of three rows of four pieces of gum. In the centre of the package is a yellow circle with a red arrow on either side pointing towards the centre circle. The left arrow has "WRIGLEY'S" printed inside the centre of the arrow, the centre circle has "P.K PEPPERMINT" printed in black ink, and the right positioned red arrow has the word "GUM" printed inside the centre of the arrow. Written along a long side of the package is, "MW. WRIGLEY JR. CO. LTD. TORONTO, MONTREAL, WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER MADE IN CANADA." The opposite long side of the package has the printed text, "12 PIECES" visible but the remaining details are obscured.Context
Object associated with Township Hall building.Made/Created
Date made
1940Notes
Additional create date: 1927, 1979Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Package, ProductNomenclature Class
Merchandising T&ENomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & TechnologySearch Terms
Township Hall, 1940, product packagingLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Packaging, Package, Product: Wrigley's PK gum, Package, ProductMaterial
paper - papier, paper - papier
