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Hay's Fruit Juice Company album

Creation: 1923
 Collection
Accession: 1989-239
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Abstract

The Hay’s Fruit Juice Company produced “Hay’s Five Fruit,” fruit juice syrup used to make and flavor beverages and desserts. The company was founded in 1900 in Portland, Maine. The Hay’s Fruit Juice Company album contains photographs and advertisements. The photographs are primarily of the factory’s interiors.

Dates

  • Creation: 1923

Creator

Extent

1 volume(s)

General Physical Description

1 album : black leather binding ; 10.5 x 13.5 in. (closed). Containing: 19 advertisements 7.25 x 2.25 in. or smaller. 12 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Historical Note

The Hay’s Fruit Juice Company produced “Hay’s Five Fruit,” fruit juice syrup used to make and flavor beverages and desserts. The company was founded in 1900 in Portland, Maine. In September 1922, the company began using a factory built at 55-71 York Street, and in the summer of 1923 additions were made to the factory. Utilizing modern machinery the factory was capable of producing three to four thousand bottles of fruit juice syrup a day. The product was entirely produced and stored in the factory until shipping with separate rooms for pressing fruit, mixing the syrup, filling bottles, and inventory storage.

Scope and Content

The Hay’s Fruit Juice Company photograph album contains photographs and advertisements. The photographs are primarily of the factory’s interior and have accompanying captions on the facing pages that describe the manufacturing process of the “Hay’s Five Fruit” fruit juice. There are two photographs of raspberry fields and workers. The advertisements are for the company’s fruit juice syrup.

Existence and Location of Copies

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Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
Hay's Fruit Juice Company album
Author:
Keith Shoun
Date:
2017
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository

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