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Description
The Fernald, Keen & True Company of West Poland produced this canning label for Poland's sweet corn.
Bert Fernald (1858-1926) was a partner in this company. He was elected to the Maine Legislature in 1887, served as governor from 1909-1911 and in the U.S. Senate from 1916 until his death in 1926.
In 1910 he was elected president of the National Canners Association.
About This Item
- Title: Poland sweet corn can label, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: West Poland, Poland, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 11 cm x 28 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 656
- Collection: Portland Packing Company scrapbook
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Canned corn--Maine--Poland
- Canned foods--Labeling--Maine--Poland
- Canneries--Maine
- Commercial art--Maine--Poland
- Corn
- Fernald, Keene & True Co.
- Food industry--Maine--Poland
- Indians of North America
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