Use Colonial Salt

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Advertising
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Text on Button USE COLONIAL SALT
Image Description

Blue text on yellow background
Back Style
Pencil Clip
The Shape
Circle
The Size
3/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch
Additional Information

The Colonial Salt Company was founded in Akron, Ohio, by John Long Severance who organized and became the President of the company in 1901. Colonial Salt was bought by General Foods in 1945 to make the Diamond Crystal-Colonial Salt Division of the General Foods company. In 1985, General Foods was acquired by Philip-Morris Companies, now the Altria Group, Inc., for $5.6 billion, the largest non-oil acquisition of its time.
Sources

Carol Litchfield collection on the history of salt. (2018). Hagley Museum and Library Archives. https://findingaids.hagley.org/repositories/2/resources/699 

Severance, John Long. (n.d.) Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Retrieved December 2, 2024, from https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/severance-john-long 
Catalog ID AD0930