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Package, Product

Object number2018.134.1

Distributor Sysco Corporation

Date1969-1990

OriginHouston, TX

MediumPlastic; Foil; Paperboard

Credit LineIn memory of Toni Graupe

DescriptionRolled sheet of single-serve ketchup packets made from plastic and foil. The roll has has repeated rows of twelve packets. Each packet is rectangular; front has white background with two red tomatoes with green leaves and black, navy blue, and red product and maker text; reverse is silver foil. Sheet is rolled around a brown paperboard hollow tube.DimensionsLength x Diameter: 18.375 x 3.5 in. (46.7 x 8.9 cm)
InscriptionsEach packet has black text in the viewer's top right corner "[arrow] / TEAR / HERE" and red text at bottom center "Fancy / Ketchup".
MarksEach packet has navy blue text along the bottom "[logo] / Dist by SYSCO Corp. Houston, TX 77077"; below this text on each packet is black text, sequential from the viewer's left packet to the viewer's right packet: "CK624.1AM", "CK624.2AM", "CK624.3AM", "CK624.4AM", "CK624.5AM", "CK624.6AM", "CK624.7AM", "CK624.8AM", "CK624.9AM", "CK624.10AM", "CK624.11AM", and "CK624.12AM".
Historical NotesKetchup individual package roll. Part of a collection of Heinz giveaways and employee gifts belonging to Toni Graupe, who was a long-time employee of the company. Graupe was the daughter of German immigrants, and she grew up on Voskamp Street in Spring Garden before the family moved to 3681 Spring Garden Avenue where she lived the rest of her life with her sister, they had no children. Graupe retired from the Heinz Company in 1990 after working for the company for 47 years. Graupe worked in the insurance department. She was also a lifelong member of St. Aloysius Church in Troy Hill.

Related institution H. J. Heinz Company (founded 1888)

Previous owner Antoinette M. Graupe (died 2014)

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