Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

A small brass building that is based on the first building of the Postum Cereal Company. The roof is slanted and there is a smaller addition extending from one side. There is a bell in the front of the buildins. Windows and doors are depicted as is the chimney. It sits on a wooden base with a plaque on the front.

Made from:

Brass -- wood

Made in:

USA

Date made:

1970

Size:

12.1 × 18.4 × 16.5 cm (4 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

14.272

Class:

METAL

Signature marks:

LABEL; INSCRIPTION on wooden base: June 2, 1970 Presented to Marjorie Merriweather Post By the Directors and Officers of General Foods To recognize Her Many Years of Devotion To the Corporation her Father Established; on building: CW Post started here Jan. 1 1895

Credit line:

Gift of General Foods, 1978