Label: Baker's Coconut. Southern Style. 1/4 lb. Franklin Baker Div., General Foods, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1938-1943.
Entry/Object ID
2010.007.0103
Scope and Content
Baker's Coconut. Southern Style. Label for a 1/4 pound can. Manufactured by Franklin Baker Division of General Foods Corporation, Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa 1938-1943. Paper, full color, 3-5/8" high x 8" wide. (Removed at some earlier time from a food can.)
Acquisition
Accession
2010.007
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1938 - 1943
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1938-1943
Date(s): 1938-1948
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
General Notes
Note
Notes: Dating is estimated from several points: product name is in two lines above the center image of a coconut (this style was used in the late 1930s); the U.S. patent number from 1926 (1,612,087) would have expired in 1943; and the "Seven Minute Frosting Recipe" is at least from 1930.
Baker's Phillipines coconut facility was destroyed in World War II and the product did not return until 1948.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2010-08-07
