Tin of coffee labelled 'Mother Parker's Tea Company, Toronto'

Maker and role
Mother Parker's Tea Company (estab. 1912): Manufacturer Production date
1939-1945
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Description
Tin of coffee labelled 'Mother Parker's Tea Company, Toronto.' Tin displays the Red Cross emblem.
Collection Type
Objects
Media/Materials
Metal/Tin
History
From January 1941 until the end of the war the Canadian Red Cross packed and shipped nearly 16,500,00 prisoner-of-war food parcels at a cost of $47,529,000.
Catalogue Number
1068/1(2)

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Maker
Mother Parker's Tea Company (estab. 1912)

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Tin metal Material property label tin can cylinder

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food relief Relief Work

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