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Thurston, Hall and Co. manufacturers of crackers Cambridgeport, Mass

Description: Image of an advertisement for crackers manufactured by Thurston, Hall & Company of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts; a woman in flowing robes as a goddess of bounty with wheat stalks in her upraised hand accompanies a large group of small cherub children through a field of grain; garlands of roses the cherubs hold extend to form a decorative border with sheaves of wheat and barrels of grain; scrolls with medals awarded at the 1876 United States Centennial Exhibition at left and right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1876-1890
Call number: priJLC_FOOD_001997
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Thurston, Hall and Co. manufacturers of crackers Cambridgeport, Mass

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