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Title |
Stickney & Poor Box for Patterson's General Store |
Object Name |
Box |
Catalog Number |
2010.11.1 |
Material |
Wood |
Year Range from |
1852 |
Year Range to |
1915 |
Description |
wooden box used to ship six pounds of cream of tartar to L. S. Patterson. Cream of Tartar was made by or distributed by Stickney & Poor, Boston. William Stickney, a Boston grocer, set out in 1815, distributing mustard. According to a website - copy of article in the Patterson Chair Co. folder - "in the 1820's the business consissted chiefly of Mustand and Pepper-Sauce. From this the firm branched out to grinding spices and Cream of Tartar...." Patterson probably sold the cream of tartar in the Patterson Co. general store. |
People |
Patterson, L. S. |
Subjects |
Stores |
Search Terms |
Patterson's General Store Pompanoosuc |
Credit line |
Gift of Jim Southworth |