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Wood delivery case: Property of Hostess Cake Kitchen, Continental Baking Co., Inc. Hoboken, N.J. N.d., possibly made June 1954.
Object/Artifact
Wooden delivery case: Property of Hostess Cake Kitchen, Continental Baking Co., Inc. Hoboken, N.J. No date, possibly made June 1954. Transparent yellow varnish stained wood with lettering stamped in red; 5-3/8" high x 17-1/2" wide x 14-1/2" deep; outside metal guards reinforcing vertical corners and bottom edge on end panels; cut-out hand holds.
Long side panels are hot stamped (branded), 3 lines:
Property of
HOSTESS CAKE KITCHEN
CONTINENTAL BAKING CO., INC. HOBOKEN, N.J.
Inside on one long side panel is the logo brand of the manufacturer:
Cesco Container Co.
New York, N.Y.
Northampton, Mass.
6-54
(The "6-54" suggests a date of June 1954, but it is not known if represents the date it was made.)
The sheet metal corner guards bear the raised letters "CBC" on both faces identifying the box as belonging to the Continental Baking Company. (This bakery, one of many under the Hostess name, operated in Hoboken from the 1930s until the 1960s.)
2012.057.0001
2012.057
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1950 - 1960
Date: 1950-1960
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2012-12-12