LABELS, Sorrento Macaroni Products

H2000.102.1-2

(.1) Folded leaflet for Sorrento Macaroni Products. top of leaflet has printed in blue "MAY, 1954. GROCERS AND STOREKEEPERS' JOURNAL OF W.A. PAGE 9" On the front cover at the right hand half of the leaflet is a picture of a wife, husband and son and daughter all siting down at dinner table to eat spaghetti. On the left hand side of the cover is a picutre of a golden sheaf of wheat and the details of the product in red and blue print "Sorrento/MACARONI/PRODUCTS/72-74 LAKE ST. PERTH/Manufactured from/FINEST SELECTED SEMOLINA FLOUR/ORDER LIST" Capitals are in blue print, lower case are in red print. The two inside pages of the leaflet have pictures, order numbers and namesof different kinds of pasta. Printed in red at the top of the first inside page, "Sorrento MACARONI PRODUCTS" and at the top of the second inside page "OH! SO TASTY OH! SO GOOD."

(.2) Label for Sorrento Macaroni Products Risoni. Label appears never to have been used - perhaps was a spare from a label making company. On the front cover at the right hand half of the label is a picture of a wife, husband and son and daughter all siting down at dinner table to eat spaghetti. On the left hand side of the labelis a picutre of a golden sheaf of wheat and the details of the product in red and blue print "Sorrento/MACARONI/PRODUCTS/72-74 LAKE ST. PERTH/Manufactured from/FINEST SELECTED SEMOLINA FLOUR/RISONI (33)/22 LBS. NETT" Capitals are in blue print, lower case are in red print, weight of product is in yellow print.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2000.102.1-2
Accession Date: 16 Nov 2000
Acquisition Year: 2000
Credit: WA Museum Collection

Material

Paper

paper

0 - Whole

Measurement

width152mm
length225mmLength when folded
length433mmLength when open
width148mm
length209mm

 


 

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