Fleetwood Can Label

Object/Artifact

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Picnooga

2022.035.007 Recto: Fleetwood Pork and Beans can label from King, Dobbs, and Company
2022.035.007 Recto

Fleetwood Pork and Beans can label from King, Dobbs, and Company

Name/Title

Fleetwood Can Label

Entry/Object ID

2022.035.007

Description

A colored label for Fleetwood Fancy Pork and Beans. The can food label, never used, is embossed and is divided into two illustrations, the logo and the beans and has bands of gold at the top and bottom edge. The first illustration reads "Fleetwood" on the top in red raised font banded in gold and "Fancy Pork and Beans with Tomato Sauce" underneath in navy ink. Bracketed by the fonts is the Fleetwood Logo which features a jumping gazelle with trees creating a canopy at the top of the illustration and large setting sun behind it. The second portion of the label reads "Fleetwood" on the top in red raised font banded in gold and "Fancy Pork and Beans with Tomato Sauce" underneath in red ink and "Contents 1 LB. at the bottom. In between the fonts is an illustration of a two-handled dish filled with beans and a strip of streaky bacon. The bean illustration is bracketed by two stylized gazelles. A green and gold ribbon runs across the label at center where the label reads "King, Dobbs, & Co. Distributors Chattanooga, Tenn." The rear is stamped "Sep 20 1932" in blue ink at the right edge.

Use

Canned Food Label

Collection

Chattanooga Business Collection

Made/Created

Date made

9/20/1932

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

King, Dobbs, & Company

Related Entries

Notes

Same purchase as 2022.035.008