Box, Food Storage

Object number2010.11.86 a,b

Manufacturer D.L. Clark Company (1886 - 1995)

OriginPittsburgh, PA

Mediumcardboard

Credit LineGift of Frank Jansen

DescriptionClark Bar box. Blue background with white and orange printed text providing maker and product information. Center has image of Clark Bar superimposed over the Earth. Bottom left corner has black and white image of D. L. Clark. Bottom of box is white.Dimensions(a) Height: 2 ; Width: 10 ; Length: 9.375
(b) H: 1.75 ; W: 9.5 ; 9.25

Marks(a)
Top, "WORLD'S GREATEST 5 [cent symbol] CANDY BAR / [image of Clark Bar superimposed over the Earth] / ECLIPSES / ALL! / [black and white image of Caucasian male] OVER FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF PROGRESS / (MR. D.L. CLARK, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT 1886-1939) / QUALITY WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST CONSIDERED OF / MR. D. L. CLARK / AND HIS ORGANIZATION PLEDGES ITSELF TO / NEVER TO PERMIT ANY DEPARTURE FROM THIS SOUND PRINCIPLE. / THE D. L. CLARK COMPANY".

Front and back, "[same image as above] ECLIPSES ALL! / CLARK / 5 [cent symbol] / BAR / THE D.L. CLARK COMPANY MANUFACTURES PITTSBURGH, PA.".

Sides, "24-5ó / [same image as above] ECLIPSES ALL! / CLARK / BAR 5 [cent symbol]".
Historical NotesPart of a Clark candy company collection. Donor Frank Jansen grew up in Morningside where he played—center on the offense and a linebacker on defense—for the Morningside Bulldogs in both 1953 (13 years old) and 1954. He started working for the Clark Candy Company in 1961 and retired from the company in 1991. Starting out as a traffic manager in the North Side plant, he moved up to distribution manager, customer service manager, and finally purchasing manager. The D.L. Clark Company started out on the North Side in 1886.

Previous owner Frank Jansen

Subjects

Terms

On View

Not on view