Tea Box from WGY Food Products Company
Unidentified maker
Date:
c. 1920-1940
Maker:
Unidentified maker
Dimensions:
17 1/2 H x 23 W x 17 3/4 D
Materials:
Chromolithograph on paper covering wood box with metal liner and plastic lid
Marks:
Label on front: 80 lbs NET / WGY / GARDENT LEAF / JAPAN TEA / No. 150 / DISTRIBUTED BY / WGY / FOOD PRODUCTS Co. / SCHENECTADY, NY / PRODUOT [sic] OF JAPAN
Credit:
Albany Institute of History & Art Purchase
Accession Number:
2006.7
Comments:
WGY Food Products Company was probably named for the radio station WGY, which began broadcasting from Schenectady in 1922. In 1962 the L. H. Parke Company of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh purchased WGY Food Products.
