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Sold Date: 07/20/2009
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 (1) COMPLETE WOODEN CRATE FROM RUMFORD CHEMICAL CO. HORSFORD'S BAKING POWDER WITH ORIGINAL GREEN LABEL! It's in near mint condition, with no cracks, chips, etc. Beautiful patina to advertising box/crate -- one end has both label and imprinting: ads on both sides of end.! Long sides are printed in black: HORSFORD'S Short end (w/o label) and short end, inside, are printed in black: HORSFORD'S/ 2 DOZ. 8 OZ./ BAKING POWDER/ THE BEST IN THE WORLD Short end, with outside label: reads same as the small tins the box originally contained: in green, black, and orange; IMPROVED/ PROFESSOR/ HORSFORD'S/ 2.DOZ./ logo in garland and ribbon/ 8.OZ./ PURE PHOSPHATIC/ BAKING POWDER Base is tongue and groove boards; all is solid construction. This is a great advertising piece from this renowned 1800s company! If you're a collector (or know one) -- this box would make a great addition to the collection and decor! They measure approximately 18" x 12" x 5".

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.