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Centennial Mills Pancake and Waffle Flour Sack
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| Accession #: | 4202.7 |
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| Title: | Centennial Mills Pancake and Waffle Flour Sack |
| Object Type: | Sack, Flour |
| Participants: |
Centennial Mills (user)
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| Physical Description: | Cotton flour sack, faded blue text on two sides. Side one: "Centennial / 9 8/10 lbs. net / For making real Hi-Hat Hotcakes / Pancakes & Waffle Flour / Manufactured by Centennial . Flouring Mills Co / Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Ritzville, Wenatchee" Side two: "Centennial / Approved Recipe for real Hi-Hat Hotcakes..." |
| Description: | Centennial Mills was founded in Spokane in 1889. It grew rapidly and built or acquired mills in Portland, Oregon, and in other parts of Washington state. Centennial merged with United Pacific Co. (later Univar) in 1960 and was acquired by Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) in 1981. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Merchandising (Communication), Centennial Mills (Industry->Flour Mill)
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| Dimensions: |
Object H x W 16 1/4 x 9 1/4 in
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (textile) (Material)
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Charles and Mary Smith in Memory of Moritz Thomsen, 2008 |
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