Centennial Candy Container, 1876
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America's first official World's Fair celebrated the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Around ten million people visited Philadelphia during the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Many returned home with mementos, like this Liberty Bell-shaped candy dish containing confections manufactured onsite by Croft, Wilbur and Company (later Wilbur Chocolate) in the exposition's Machinery Hall.
America's first official World's Fair celebrated the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Around ten million people visited Philadelphia during the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Many returned home with mementos, like this Liberty Bell-shaped candy dish containing confections manufactured onsite by Croft, Wilbur and Company (later Wilbur Chocolate) in the exposition's Machinery Hall.
Artifact
Candy dish
Date Made
1876
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
00.4.4965
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Pressed glass
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Diameter: 2.75 in
Inscriptions
pressed on obverse of bell: PROCLAIM LIBERTY / THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND pressed on reverse of bell: 1776 / CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION / 1876 printed on paper label on bottom: CROFT, WILBUR & CO. / CONFECTIONERS, / NO. 1226 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. / THESE CANDIES MADE IN MACHINERY HALL, / NORTH AISLE, COLUMN 64, ... THE CEN- / TENNIAL EXPOSITION, ... / PROCESS, IN DRAGEE... / -ING PANS
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