Advertisement for "Atlas Ready Mixed Paint"
date: label: Date
content: 1900–10
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, curved top and bottom, featuring black printed decoration of paint can with variying type face and decorative motifs, inscribed "Atlas Ready Mixed Paint, Manufactured by George D. Wetherill & Co., 114 North Front St., Philadelphia", inscribed below can "White Lead, Zinc White, Pure Colors. All Painter's Supplies." Inscribed in fine print below "The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.J." Reverse features image of Atlas with globe on his back and cherubs flying about with brushes and paint cans, inscribed "Established 1807. Incorporated 1896. We Must Cover The Earth with Atlas Paints. Geo. D. Wetherill Co. Inc., Philadelphia." Side panel inscribed "Atlas Paint Is Guaranteed", opposite side panel inscribed Geo. D. Wetherill & Co's Pure White Lead, $1000 Guarantee." Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Newark, New Jersey, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1980-14-617
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Plated metal, printed celluloid
label: Dimensions
content: 6.9 x 3.8 x 1 cm (2 11/16 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in. )