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2 horsford rumford baking powder ad can tin world fair

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Sold Date: 07/18/2009
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Advertising

SELLING OUT THE ATTIC AND STORAGE BARN!

I have a collection of advertising for the Horsford/Rumford products, including signs, boxes/crates, bottles, tins, etc. Please, ask me questions before the end of the auction! I will do my best to describe them and their condition. The goal is for me to 'get 'em gone' -- and for the buyer to get a bargain in the process! If you buy several of these items, let me know and I'll ship them together to save you some bucks -- and I'll cover the cost of insurance! I can only choose one way to ship for calculations, but if you'd like the item(s) posted a different way, let me know. Happy Bidding!

This is for (2) ANTIQUE HORSFORD/RUMFORD BAKING POWDER ADVERTISING TIN CANS! They're in overall excellent condition, with no damage by way of dents, holes, etc., the top part of label on green-labeled tin is absent from being opened and used. Paper labels are beige, orange, and black; and green, orange, and black. Fronts of label read: "IMPROVED"/ PROFESSOR/ HORSFORD'S/ logo in wreth/ COUNT RUMFORD/ PURE PHOSPHATIC/ BAKING POWDER// on back; RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS/ PROVIDENCE, R.I./ E.N. HORSFORD, PRES'T./ N. D. ARNOLD, TREAS./ PATENTED MAY 17, 1892 The green labeled tin/can has sticker on base for World's Fair Health Award. Both measure about 4 3/8"h. Great antique advertising tins from this renowned 1800s company! These are definitely a great addition to the collection and/or decor!

A geolgist, chemist, and Harvard professor, Eben N. Horsford partnered with George F. Wilson in 1855 to form a chemical plant in Providence, R.I. Originally named after his partner, the company name was changed to Rumford Chemical Works about 2 years later. By 1865, the company was the first in America to create, patent, and market a calcium phosphate for baking powder. Always cutting edge, they invented not only product, but processes and machinery to produce and contain each product -- becoming one of the biggest and most successful chemcial plants in the U.S.