Wrigley DoubleMint Gum Display Box
Object Details
- William Wrigley Junior Company
- Description
- This is a counter top type display box for Wrigley’s Doublemint chewing gum. The box contains twenty simulated, five stick, gum packages. Wrigley’s introduced Doublemint in 1914, the third flavor produced by after Spearmint and Juicy Fruit. The name “Doublemint” came from the double distillation process used in producing the mint flavor and spawned a popular advertising campaign around the “Doublemint Twins” in 1956.
- 1948 - 1949
- ID Number
- 1992.3217.03
- catalog number
- 1992.3217.03
- nonaccession number
- 1992.3217
- Object Name
- display box
- box, display
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 2.3 cm x 11 cm x 15.5 cm; 7/8 in x 4 5/16 in x 6 1/8 in
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
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- Work and Industry: Retail and Marketing
- Advertising
- American Enterprise
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1160154
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f44c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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