COLLECTION NAME:
Illustrations from Life
Record
Title:
Beech-Nut Oscar's Sauce
Description:
Advertisement for Beech-Nut's Oscar's Sauce, 5.5 x 8 inches. Now known primarily for baby food production, Beech-Nut was founded as The Imperial Packing Company in New York in 1891. It was incorporated as the Beech-Nut Packing Company in 1899. Engineers from Beech-Nut patented the first vacuum jar with a design that included a gasket and top that could remain intact in transit and became the industry standard. 1973, part of the company, selling only baby food, was sold to a group led by lawyer Frank C. Nicholas. In 1977 Beech-Nut Food Corporation became the first baby food company to have an entire product line without added salt, and in 1997 all Beech-Nut stopped the addition of refined sugar in its products.
Subject:
Advertising, Magazine
Subject:
Beech-Nut Packing Company
Subject:
Periodicals -- Illustrations
Subject:
Sauces
Date:
10/28/1915
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
5 1/2 x 8 inches
Format/Medium:
Advertisements
Format/Medium:
Illustrations (layout features)
Source:
Life, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
Volume 66, number 1722, page 825.
