1910 Grocer Supply House ~ John Blauls Sons ~ Set of 11 Different

Spice Tins ~ Can Labels

Gold Flake Gilded Ink ~ Ornate Printed Patterns

 

You get 11 different spice labels, all from the Large Wholesale Grocery supply house, John Blauls Sons Co. Burlington and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Exceptionally ornate graphics and text, heavily laden with Gilded Ink that contains real Gold Flake content to make it sparkle and look opulent! You can actually feel the texture and thickness difference where the Gold is! Thick Gummed Paper. The Blaul “BBBB” brand was the top of the line for general stores and grocers west of the Mississippi at the turn of the century. Check out this (roughly actual size) close up of a portion of one label.

Note the intertwined 4B’s logo surrounded by fresh lush green spice leaves on a sky blue background. The red and black lettering and the deep blue signature area make them stand out. It’s all framed out in heavily laden gold gilded ink, all the way around. A process that more or less stopped in the 1920’s. The labels are all 7 ¾ inches by 3 ¾ inches and all say “Pure”, typical of the era for upscale food items. The weight varies with the density of the spice. (Complete List Below)

John Blaul’s Sons Co. Burlington and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. was a mid 1800’s and early 1900’s regional grocery distributor, who brought in unrefined food items, and groceries in large quantities on barges up the Mississippi River and processed & repackaged them into goods in their own brands and boxes and distributed them by rail to Ma & Pa grocers and General Stores and sent them Out West, for settlers and railroad towns in the expanding western Territories. The west bound Railheads all had starting points in central Iowa at the Mississippi River back then. Blauls specialized in long lasting items like Coffee Roasting, Tea drying, Spices, Dried Fruits and other items they could process and preserve for the long trek to the remote frontier retailers and ultimately to the isolated Farms, ranches and cowboys saddle bags.

This collection of 11 labels can be displayed in numerous ways, bounded only by your imagination. You can mount them on old spice cans, Frame them together or as “themed” sets. You get 5 different Pepper Labels, 3 different Ginger Labels, and other spices as well. Here is a photo of the complete set.

You get all 11 different labels shown!

Here they are from left to right, top to bottom;

1. 3 Oz. Pure Pulverized Ginger.

2. 3 Oz. Pure Ground Pepper with Blue Lettering

3. 3 Oz. Hot Pure Ground Pepper with Red Lettering

4. 3 Oz. Pure Pulverized Allspice

5. 2 Oz. Pure Pulverized Ginger

6. 1 ½ Oz. Pure White Pepper

7. 3 Oz. Jamaica Ginger

8. A specialty generic label that could have the spice written on it with a crayon

9. 3 Oz. Mustard Powder

10. 4 Oz. Pure Black Pepper

11. 3 Oz. Pure Red Pepper

This complete set gives you the finest spice labels in the country during that era! No tears, No rips, No folds,

Genuine Century Old Spice Labels in Perfect Condition!

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