Jar: Kaffee-Hag Coffee. All-purpose Grind. General Foods Corp. (Maxwell House), Hoboken. 1lb. N.d., ca. 1940-1950.
Entry/Object ID
2014.013.0119
Description
Jar: Kaffee-Hag Coffee. All-purpose Grind. General Foods Corporation, Hoboken, N.J. One pound. No date, circa 1940-1950.
Duraglas brand clear glass jar with plain metal screw cap. Original contents not present. (Duraglas logo is on heel; base has Owens-Illinois mark with 25 to the left of it and 4, with a period, to the right; 9 is below the O-I mark.)
Ground coffee, 97% caffeine free. Brand name on front as Kaffee Hag and with hyphen on other panels. A decaffeinated coffee processed and packed at Maxwell House Coffee plant in Hoboken.
Acquisition
Accession
2014.013
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
Made/Created
Date made
1940 - 1950
Notes
Date: 1940-1950
General Notes
Note
Notes: General Foods purchased the Kaffee-Hag brand from Kellogg's in the late 1930s (dates seen are 1937 or 1939.)
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-11-10
