3245

Falk American Potato Flour Stock with Colorful Logo Vignette (123416)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Consumer Goods Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 100.00 USD
Falk American Potato Flour Stock with Colorful Logo Vignette  (123416)
SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. Shipping and handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing as it is based on the size and weight of your purchase. Additional shipping and handling costs, if required, will be re-invoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size.SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size a...
Number 122 for 10 shares. Red, blue and brown logo vignette. Green border, seal circle and underprint. Signed by president Maurice Falk. Folds. Over all very nice! "In 1919, the Falk Brothers established the Falk American Potato Flour Corporation, which claimed to have built the first potato-flour mill in the United States. The business emerged from federal government research into food dehydration during World War I, research that sought ways to maximize the national food supply by preventing waste of surplus crops. With the slogan “The Baking Aid that Nature Made,” the company promoted potato flour as a “bread improver” and hired a sales force of bakers to travel the country offering demonstrations to bakeries. By 1921, the Falk American Potato Flour Company oversaw a six-state business from offices in Pittsburgh. They owned five of the nine potato-flour mills in operation in the United States and had invested more than $1 million in the industry." [jewishfamalieshistory.org]

Date: 1922
Country (if not USA):
State: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburg
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection