Can, Food-storage
- Object Name:
- Can, Food-storage
- Object ID:
- 2009.028
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1962
- Description:
- Metal can containing Civil Defense Survival Biscuits, dated April 1962, from basement of Manchester (NH) Historic Association, which served as a Civil Defense shelter. Rectangular with rounded corners. Gold-colored (brass?) plating. Black printed lettering on top: "CIVIL DEFENSE ALL PURPOSE / SURVIVAL BISCUIT / INGREDIENTS: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Shortening, Corn / Flour / Corn Sugar, Soy Flour, Salt, Leavening and BHA (butylated / hydroxyanisole), propyl gallate and citric acid in propylene glycol / added tp preserve freshness. / NET WEIGHT: 5 3/4 POUNDS / 15 PACKAGES, 26 BISCUITS EACH / NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY / GENERAL OFFICE, NEW YORK, N. Y. / MADE IN U.S.A." One side is stamped in ink, "4 62". Can is sealed, never opened.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-13 W-8.6 D-5.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From Civil Defense supplies stored in basement of Manchester Historic Association at 129 Amherst Street, Manchester, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Manchester Historic Association
- Subjects:
- Civil defense, Fallout shelters
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