O.T.C. Trenton Crackers

Object Details

Description (Brief)

Bobby pins in matchbook-style holder made of blue plastic. Orange print reads, "O.T.C. Trenton Crackers have no substitute."

OTC® Oyster Crackers were introduced in Trenton, N.J., in 1847 by Adam Exton, an English immigrant. Exton conceived the idea of baking a cracker to be used in oyster stews. In 1848, one year after the Exton crackers arrived on the Trenton scene, Ezekiel Pullen began baking an "Original Trenton Cracker" in the kitchen of his home. He sold his crackers from the back of his wagon as he made his way along Trenton streets. Both businesses grew as a craze for oysters developed in the 1860s and 1870s. OTC ® crackers became available from wooden barrels in neighborhood stores and in seafood restaurants. During the Civil War, the Exton company supplied its crackers to the Union army.

In 1887 Christopher Cartlidge bought the Pullen Cracker Company and renamed it Original Trenton Cracker Company. In 1962, after 115 years of rivalry, the Cartlidge family bought the Exton company, making it at last the one and only "Original Trenton Cracker." Specialty Brands of America has owned the OTC® brand since 1993.

Location

Currently not on view

ca 1925

ID Number

2006.0098.0791

accession number

2006.0098

catalog number

2006.0098.0791

Object Name

bobby pin case

Physical Description

cellulose nitrate (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .02 cm x 3.1 cm x 6 cm; in x 1 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in

overall: 3/16 in x 1 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in; .47625 cm x 3.65125 cm x 6.0325 cm

place made

United States: New Jersey, Trenton

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Subject

Hairstyling

Record ID

nmah_1329398

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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