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Label, Product

Object number2017.97.16

Date2001

MediumMetal

Credit LineGIft of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamster's Local 24M

DescriptionFlat, rectangular metal product sheet for California Grapeseed Oil. Front has yellow background with black sunburst pattern. Front has two rectangles of printed product information. Registration marks along top margin; left and right margins are silver; and bottom margin is white. Reverse is shiny silver metal with white paper label adhered to center featuring black printed and handwritten text.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 7.563 x 10.438 x 0.031 in. (19.2 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm)
InscriptionsFront has black text in viewer's left rectangle including "THE HEALTHY CHOICE / FOR THE MODERN COOK / ... / INGREDIENTS: / ... / PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR: / WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. / San Francisco, CA ... / PRODUCED BY: / California Grapeseed Co. / ... / New York, NY... / ©2001... / [barcorde] / 6 35392 31644 8 / Nutrition Facts / ..."

Front has white, red, and black text in viewer's right rectangle including "[logo] / CALIFORNIA / GRAPESEED OIL / WITH / HERBS DE PROVENCE / ... / 30.4 FL OZ 900 ML".
MarksFront has black text in top margin near viewer's top left corner "EO-490-8766".

Reverse has black printed and handwritten text including "THIS IS A DUPLICATE OF APPROVED / COMMERCIAL PRESS RUN / CUSTOMER Philcan / DESIGN California Grapeseed Oil w/ Herbs / De provence / E.O. NUMBER 490-8766 / ... / LITHOGRAPHED BY 20 / SIGNED L. HAY / PRE-PRESS SUPVR. / 8/4/01 / DATE / ..."
Historical NotesPart of a collection from Local 24 of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The national union descends from the National Typographical Union which formed in 1852 and became the International Typographic Union in 1869. The union splintered in the late 1890s/early 1900s into several unions representing pressmen, bookbinders, stereotypers/electrotypers, lithographers, and platemakers, before slowly merging back together over the years. In 1983, the Graphic Communications International Union formed from the merging of the Int. Printing and Graphics Communication Union and the Graphic Arts International Union. Finally in 2005, the GCC union merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to create the present-day organization. Local 24 started in the early 1900s as a group of Lithographers in the Pittsburgh area. In 2016, they downsized their offices and moved from Uptown to Three Mile Run, and in the process, donated their records and this collection of artifacts. Most of the material donated was made by the union such as buttons, posters, stickers, flat product sheets, and two printing sheets that show the change in printing technology from raised letters to flat sheets.

Related institution Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Related institution California Grapeseed Company

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