Wrapper, butter

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OBJECT TYPE: paper/1 pound
DATE: 1926
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0144.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Garden City Brand/Pure Milk Co. Ltd.
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Red, off-white and blue text and graphics printed on unbleached opaque parchment paper.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 32.6 cm
Width: 30.1 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Dairying
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Prince Edward Island
Period: Presumably produced after 1926. [Ref. 2]
Canada: Wrapper for second grade Garden City Brand butter, produced by Pure Milk Co. Ltd., in Charlottetown, PEI, CAN.
Function: Material used to wrap a quantity of butter for sale.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Text markings printed on each wrapper: "GARDEN CITY/ BRAND/ REG. NO. 3637/ PASTEURIZED CREAMERY BUTTER/ The PURE MILK COMPANY Limited/ CHARLOTTETOWN P.E.I./ SECOND GRADE", "NET WEIGHT OF EACH SECTION 1 LB.", "ALL CATTLE FREE FROM TUBERCULOSIS/ P.E.I. ISLAND" and "PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH/ BUY T.B. FREE CATTLE, MEATS, DAIRY/ PRODUCTS IN CANADA'S GARDEN PROVINCE".
Missing: None.
Finish: Red, off-white and blue text and graphics printed on unbleached opaque parchment paper.
Decoration: Stylized images of cow's head and maple leaves decorate wrapper.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Wrapper, butter, after 1926, Artifact no. 2013.0144, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0144.001/

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