Bag, Flour

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Bag, Flour

Entry/Object ID

18.97.3

Description

Godchaux's Sugar Sack. Material: textile. Size: 11 3/4" W. x 20" L. Description: white cotton sacking, open at top; blue stamped lettering on one side: "The food that's sweet is hard to beat, Godchaux's Pure Cane Sugar, Reserve Refinery, Godchaux's, New Orleans, Godchaux Sugars, Inc."; stamped on reverse in blue: "Sugar the essential food"; circular logo.

Context

Leon Godchaux immigrated from France to New Orleans around 1840 and was a peddler along the River Road, selling fabrics and thread and quality merchandise. He opened an upriver store in Convent and one in New Orleans which would become one of the crown jewels of Canal Street. By 1893 he owned more than thirty thousand acres on twelve plantations. He had his own sugar refinery which employed hundreds of local people.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Bag, Flour

Class

Merchandising T & E

Category

Tools & Eq for Sci & Tech

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

April 4, 1997

Update Date

November 21, 2024