S. George Company Flour Sack Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], S. George Company Flour Sack Collection, A&M 4206, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 oversize folder, 6 items)
Creator:
S. George Company
Abstract:
Seven original paper freight shipping bags printed by S. George Company of Wellsburg, West Virginia. All are 25 lb. flour sacks labeled for the Voigt Milling Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Contains a bag for Voigt's Cream Flake Flour with a note on the label "Emergency Quality Milled in accourdance with War Food Order No. 144" (suggesting it was made in the 1940s during World War II), Voigt's Crescent Flour for Bread and Pastry, Voigt's Crescent Brand White Frost Flour, Voigt's Crescent Brand Self-Rising Pancake Flour, Voigt's Crescent Brand White Rose Flour, Carnation Brand Flour, and Carnation Brand Self-Rising Flour. See also A&M 2799, S. George Company Records, and A&M 3868, Printmaker Clifford Harvey's Mill Sack Advertising Art from the S. George Company.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], S. George Company Flour Sack Collection, A&M 4206, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard