Bag, Sugar

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Bag, Sugar

Entry/Object ID

1.98.511

Description

U and I Montana Sugar Co. Bag. Material: textile. Size: 7 1/2" W. x 11 5/8" L. Description: white cotton bag open on one end, red and blue stamped lettering across front: "Made In Montana U And I Sugar Pure Fine Granulated 5 Lbs. Net Utah-Idaho Sugar Company Chinook, Montana"; reverse side blue print: bag opening directions.

Context

For many years, one of the most recognizable brands on store shelves in the West was U&I sugar. U&I produced sugar extracted from sugar beets. In the 1850s, Mormon John Taylor formed the Deseret Manufacturing Company, predecessor to U&I. It built its first factory at Salt Lake City, but it failed. Further studies were made and the Utah Sugar Company formed on September 4, 1889. The factory made its first sugar on October 15, 1891.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Bag, Sugar

Class

Merchandising T & E

Category

Tools & Eq for Sci & Tech

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibitions

Notes

9/1997-8/1998

Create Date

September 1, 1998

Update Date

November 21, 2024