Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 2012.008.04
- Place of Origin:
- Medford or Chelsea, MA
- Date:
- 1930-1940
- Description:
- Egg box. Rectangular, gray paperboard. Dark blue printing on cover: "NEW LAID / EGGS / DIRECT FROM THE FARM OF THE / BEAVER LAKE HOTEL / DERRY VILLAGE, N. H. / We believe these Eggs to be the best that money can buy. / Your money refunded if they do not satisfy." On front: "BEAVER LAKE HOUSE / Opens May 30th and closes late fall". On front flap of cover: "On Order Only / Fresh Dressed Capon, Chicken & Fowl". On back: "To the house wife: 12 fresh eggs clean and wholesome, indi- / vidually wrapped by nature, equal in food value to 7 cups of / cooked oatmeal, or 1 1/8 lbs. lean meat, or 18 cups of tomato / juice, or 1 5/8 lbs. of fresh fish, rich in vitamins A B D & G. / CANDLED TO PROTECT QUALITY." On bottom: " 'MYSTIC' / U. S. Pat. 1,488,756". Cover stamped twice in purple ink: "MEDIUM". Removable cardboard divider inside, forming twelve compartments.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.3 W-7 D-5.25 cm
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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