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Items with subject 'Canning Industry'
A.B. Chamberlain Crop Ledger
by Chamberlain, A.B. (1903 – 1906)
1 oversize box (1.5 linear feet)
Ledger of Mr. A.B. Chamberlain features tomato and potato crop sales to companies for canning, packing and grocer sales as far north as New York and as far west as Ohio, 1903-1906.
Canning Labels (Dorchester County, Md.) collection
by Unknown (1900s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Canning Labels (Dorchester County, Md.) collection contains printed reproductions of local canning labels from Cambridge and Vienna, Maryland. Items include Leonard's Tomatoes, Olympia Brand Bean with Pork, Phillips Vegetable Soup, Nature's Pride Sweet Potatoes, "Lark" Brand Tomatoes, Webb's Brand Tomatoes and Bob White Brand Tomatoes.
Dorchester County Canneries presentation
by Burton, R. Lee (circa 2006)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Dorchester Canneries Presentation contains a DVD of a presentation on Dorchester Canneries by R. Lee Burton. The presentation was hosted by the South Dorchester Folk Museum.
Farm Picker Ticket collection
by Jana, Jerry (circa 1930, 1950s)
2 folders (0.2 linear feet)
This collection contains approximately 435 farm picker tickets (or "checks") from farms in Maryland, primarily on the Eastern Shore. The cardboard tickets/checks were given to crop pickers to turn in for payment and feature the farm name and, occasionally, the location. While most of the tickets were for berry pickers and other agricultural crops, there is one for crabs. Also included are four canning labels for Jack's Tomatoes (Preston, Maryland), Friel's White Sweet Corn (Queenstown, Maryland), Old Wye tomato juice packed by Friel (Queenstown, Maryland), and Friel's Tomatoes (Queenstown, Maryland).
Henry Fillmore Lankford Papers
by Lankford, Henry Fillmore (1659 – 1920)
3 folders (0.3 linear feet)
The Henry Fillmore Lankford papers consist of wills and genealogical information kept by Lankford, an attorney in Somerset County, Maryland, between 1909 and 1920. The wills primarily document Somerset and Northampton County families in the 17th and 18th centuries. Also included are two oversize items: a 1911 issue of "The Canned Good Trade" and a circa 1911 advertisement for Chevrolet automobiles.
Jim Jackson Delmarva ephemera collection
by Jackson, Jim (1851 – 1992)
4 boxes, 1 oversize box (5.5 linear feet)
This collection consists of assorted local paper ephemera from 1852 to 1990. Most of the items originated from the George Bounds & Company of Hebron, the J. H. Farlow & Brother of Salisbury and the Wimbrow & Company of Whaleyville and William and Edwin Sirman. Included are cannery tokens from the Harold B. Kennerly & Son in Nanticoke, Maryland. Also included are over 925 postcards of Salisbury from the 19th to the 21st century arranged by subject.
John H. Dulany and Son, Inc. records
by John H. Dulany and Son, Inc. (1899 – 1993)
3 boxes, 1 oversize folder (4 linear feet)
The records of John H. Dulany and Son Incorporated, (also known Dulany and Johnson and Dulany and Sons), documents the growth and management of John H. Dulany and Son Inc. which was located in Fruitland Maryland. The materials date from the company’s inception in 1899 through 1984 with the bulk of the material dating from 1944-1966. The materials include photographs, correspondence, biographies, and awards documents the growth of the Dulany plants as well as business and political interests of the company. Biographies and photographs of Dulany family members and histories of the company are also included.
Maryland Department of Education audio-visual collection
by Maryland Department of Education (1950 – 1956)
2 boxes (0.75 linear feet)
The audio-visual project materials produced by the Maryland State Department of Education document the life and customs of the peoples of Maryland including the agricultural landscape and oceanic industries as well as the historic landscape. Materials include a series of photographic slides, film strips, and the corresponding scripts to the classroom materials that date from 1950-1956 with the bulk of the material dating from 1955-1956.
Phillips Packing Company Envelope
by Phillips Packing Company Inc. (1948)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains an envelope from the Phillips Packing Company, Incorporated of Cambridge, MD. The postmark date is 1948.
Turpin Family History Collection
by Turpin, Carl J.; Turpin, Elma Kennerly (September 19, 1888)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Turpin Family History Collection contains correspondences between Turpin family members. Carl J. Turpin and Elma Kennerly Turpin discuss the state of local canneries, housing issues, and on the development of Salisbury as a whole. The letters are dated September 19, 1888.
Walston Brothers Cannery records
by Walston Brothers (1945, 1946)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Photocopy, Ledger. Walston Brothers Cannery, Pittsville, Md., 1945-1946.