Collections Item Detail
Box: Baker's Angel Flake Coconut. Economy Size. Franklin Baker Div., General Foods, Hoboken, ca. 1957-1959.
Object/Artifact
Baker's Angel Flake Coconut, New Tender Thin Flakes. Economy Size. 7 ounce box. Made by Franklin Baker Division, General Foods Corporation, Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa 1957-1959. Printed plastic wrapper with unprinted area (transparent window) on front; sealed over cardboard tray; 6-3/4" high x 3-1/2" wide x 1-3/8 - 1-1/2" deep. Container unopened and original contents present as seen in the 'window'.
Back has printing that runs the long direction with one recipe and a promotion at left:
Make easy new "Cut-Up Cakes" Exciting new cake book!
This "cake-a-month calendar" was first published in 1956 and was superceded by a new cookbook for cut-up cakes in 1959. The front artwork does have the slogan "NEW Tender Thin Slices" which was introduced 1956.
2010.007.0265
2010.007
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1957 - 1959
Date: 1957-1959
Good
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-11-04