Packaging for Salaam brand hummos-tahini
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1986
name: label: Distributed by
content: Salaam International, American
label: Subject of
content: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Packaging for hummos-tahini distributed by Salaam International, a division of the Nation of Islam. The packaging consists of printed blue text on a single piece of white cardboard that forms a rectangular box when folded. At center of the front is [HUMMOS-TAHINI / In Twin Pouches] in English surrounded by printed text in Arabic. At the top left corner is the Salaam logo and [ENTREE CLASSICS TM] printed diagonally. At bottom left is printed ["Your most / delicious food - / perfectly / preserved." / NO FREEZING / NO REFRIGERATION / NO PRESERVATIVES* / READY TO USE]. Along the right side flap is printed [Exp. Date July 1986]. The back repeats some of the text on the front along with preparation instructions adn a list of ingredients. At bottom right is [Produced in the U.S.A. exclusively for Salaam by Mid-America Foods, Inc., Chicago, IL 60644].
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Nation of Islam
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Nadar Ali and Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.27.2
objectType: label: Type
content: packaging
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Flat): 6 × 9 9/16 in. (15.2 × 24.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Upright): 4 3/4 × 9 9/16 × 1 1/4 in. (12.1 × 24.3 × 3.2 cm)