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S. George Company Flour Sack Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4206

Overview

Seven original paper freight shipping bags printed by S. George Company of Wellsburg, West Virginia. All are 25 lb. flour sacks labeled for the Voigt Milling Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Contains a bag for Voigt's Cream Flake Flour with a note on the label "Emergency Quality Milled in accourdance with War Food Order No. 144" (suggesting it was made in the 1940s during World War II), Voigt's Crescent Flour for Bread and Pastry, Voigt's Crescent Brand White Frost Flour, Voigt's Crescent Brand Self-Rising Pancake Flour, Voigt's Crescent Brand White Rose Flour, Carnation Brand Flour, and Carnation Brand Self-Rising Flour. See also A&M 2799, S. George Company Records, and A&M 3868, Printmaker Clifford Harvey's Mill Sack Advertising Art from the S. George Company.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet (Summary: 1 in. (1 oversize folder, 6 items))

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Subject

Title
S. George Company Flour Sack Collection, undated
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2016/08/30
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536