Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1971.076.079b |
Object Name |
Tin |
Title |
McCormick's Biscuit Tin |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Made |
MacDonald Mfg. Co. Ltd.? |
Place of Origin |
London, Ontario |
Description |
McCORMICK'S BISCUITS lithographed tin. There originally would have been a bail wire-style handle present. The tight-fitting, flat-topped lid does not have lettering on it. The tin is cylindrical and has "McCORMICK'S / BISCUITS" and a printed illustration of the factory building, flanked with flags. |
Makers mark |
McCormick's Mfg. Co. Ltd., London, Canada |
Provenance |
Likley made by the MacDonald Manufacturing Co Ltd. for the McCormick's Manufacturing Co. Limited of London, Ontario, which was incorporated in July 1879. Thomas McCormick was one of the first Canadian manufacturers of food products to adopt unit packaging for retail sales when, in 1880, he began distributing soda-biscuits in three-pound paperboard boxes. In 1926 McCormick Manufacturing absorbed several regional concerns and its long-time competitor, D. S. Perrin and Company, becoming in the process the Canada Biscuit Company. The factory image on the tin is 1156 Dundas Street where they moved in 1914. Owned by the Harrison family of Owen Sound, Grey County. Last owned by Frederick Harrison, a descendent of the John Harrison family. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Lithographed metal |
Dimensions |
H-18.2 Dia-16.6 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Harrison, John Harrison, Frederick |
Subjects |
Patriotism Flags Symbols Great Britian |
Function |
A commercial container that once held a biscuit product. Items like this were often retained by people as storage containers after the biscuits were gone. Sometimes children would use them as school "lunch pails". |