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Object Name |
Tin |
Date |
ca. 1940s |
Title |
Perfection Pure Spices Ground Cinnamon |
Description |
Metal spice tin, rectangular with rounded corners. Red with printed inscription on front and back in black, white, and yellow: "Perfection / PURE SPICES / Ground / Cinnamon." Printed inscriptions on the sides: "NET WEIGHT 2 OZS. / RoulstonS / YOUR LOCAL GROCER" and "THE PERFECT / HIGH GRADE SPICES / RoulstonS / YOUR LOCAL GROCER." (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Acquisition |
Gift of Frederick and Mary Decker |
Ownership and History |
Thomas Roulston Inc. operated a chain of self-service grocery stores in Staten Island, Long Island, and Brooklyn. In the 1930s and 1940s, there were at times as many as 60 Roulston stores on Staten Island. By the early 1950s, only a few of the chain's supermarkets remained on the Island. This tin came to the Staten Island Historical Society in 1967 as part of a large collection of household items from the home of Frederick C. and Mary (Prall) Decker of New Springville. |
Earliest Date |
1935 |
Latest Date |
1950 |
Subjects |
Grocery stores Food Spices |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Merchandising T&E |
Associated People |
Decker, Mary Frances (Prall) |
Catalog Number |
67.001.0008 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, December 2017. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |