Collections Item Detail
Box, sample size: La France [laundry additive] "Free Trial Size Not To Be Sold." 3/4 Oz. La France Div., General Foods, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1930s.
Object/Artifact
Box, sample size: La France blue-flake whitening soap additive. "Free Trial Size Not To Be Sold." 3/4 Ounce. Manufactured by La France Division of General Foods Corporation, Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa 1930s. Printed cardboard box box, 2-1/16" wide x 3-1/8" high x 7/8" deep. Unopened with original contents are present.
A formal name for the product does not appear on the box. Imprinted on the top and bottom panels with trial size text.
2011.005.0010
2011.005
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1930 - 1940
Date: 1930-1940
Good
Notes: La France Manufacturing Company was founded in Philadelphia in 1908. Became a division of Postum Co. in 1928 which adopted name of General Foods Corp. in 1929. When La France relocated to Hoboken has not been established. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-02-22
