Herbie Spear's Pure Clover Honey tin container, Buckland, Mass., circa 1930
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Title
Herbie Spear's Pure Clover Honey tin container, Buckland, Mass., circa 1930
Subject
Buckland (Mass.); Spear, Herbie; Tin containers; Advertising tins; Honey; Bee products
Description
Circa 1930's tin container is gray in color and has a tight fitting lid as well as a handle. It was used to hold five (5) pounds of honey. It measures approximately 6 inches high with a diameter of 5 inches. The blue paper label with white letters measures about 5 inches high by 4 inches wide and reads as follows:
Herbie Spears Delicious
Pure
Clover Honey
Wonderful on
Griddle Cakes
Waffles
French Toast
Hot Biscuits
Put up at
Hollyhock Gardens
Buckland Mass
NET WEIGHT 5 lbs.
IF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE SUGARS SET IT
IN HOT WATER UNTIL IT LIQUEFIES
Herbie Spear and his wife Bessie lived in Buckland, Mass. during the 1930's and 1940's. In the 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Herbie is listed as age 58, born about 1872 in New York. His occupation is listed as a merchant of honey. Mr. Spear was also involved in the manufacture of maple syrup. his syrup, sold by Simard & Son Isale of Lewiston, Me., was tested and the results published by the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station in their 1936 annual report.
Herbie converted what is believed to have been an old one-room school house on his property into a honey house. He had a small stand out front by the road with a sign. A Buckland native who was a child in the 1930's told us that Herbie's honey tasted great! His honey house still stands as of this writing in March 2010. It is located a few hundred yards west of Route 112 near the Buckland/Ashfield town line. Old maps refer to this location as Mrs. Spears Road.
Herbie Spears Delicious
Pure
Clover Honey
Wonderful on
Griddle Cakes
Waffles
French Toast
Hot Biscuits
Put up at
Hollyhock Gardens
Buckland Mass
NET WEIGHT 5 lbs.
IF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE SUGARS SET IT
IN HOT WATER UNTIL IT LIQUEFIES
Herbie Spear and his wife Bessie lived in Buckland, Mass. during the 1930's and 1940's. In the 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Herbie is listed as age 58, born about 1872 in New York. His occupation is listed as a merchant of honey. Mr. Spear was also involved in the manufacture of maple syrup. his syrup, sold by Simard & Son Isale of Lewiston, Me., was tested and the results published by the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station in their 1936 annual report.
Herbie converted what is believed to have been an old one-room school house on his property into a honey house. He had a small stand out front by the road with a sign. A Buckland native who was a child in the 1930's told us that Herbie's honey tasted great! His honey house still stands as of this writing in March 2010. It is located a few hundred yards west of Route 112 near the Buckland/Ashfield town line. Old maps refer to this location as Mrs. Spears Road.
Creator
Herbie Spear
Source
Tin container, approximately 6 x 5 inches
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org
Date
1930-1940?
Contributor
Sand, Pamela, Photographer
Rights
2010 Buckland Historical Society, Inc. Upper Street, P.O. Box 88, Buckland MA 01338 email: bucklandhistoricalsociety@hotmail.com
Relation
From the collections of the Buckland Historical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 88, Buckland, MA, 01338, http://www.bucklandmasshistory.org/contact/
Format
image/jpg
Language
en-US
Type
Image
Coverage
42.60 N, 72.77 W
Files
Collection
Citation
Herbie Spear, “Herbie Spear's Pure Clover Honey tin container, Buckland, Mass., circa 1930,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/156.
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