National Biscuit Company Photograph
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a single black and white photograph of a group of National Biscuit Company salesman and delivery drivers posed outside of a factory. Most of the men are carrying cracker display units and the trucks in the background are advertising Uneeda Biscuits. The photograph is not dated.
Dates
- n.d.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from National Biscuit Company Photograph must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Note
Founded in 1898, the National Biscuit Company was the product of a merger among the American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company, the New York Biscuit Company, and the United States Baking Company. The new conglomerate consisted of one hundred-fourteen bakeries across the United States and was headquartered in New York City.
Though the name "Nabisco" was first used as the name for a specific product introduced in 1901 (a sugar wafer), and was used within the company at least as early as the 1930s (likely sooner), the corporate name was not shortened to Nabisco, Inc. until 1971.
In 1981, Nabisco merged with Standard Brands, Inc., which later became part of R. J. Reynolds. It has since become part of several more mergers and separations. It is currently a subsidiary of Mondelēz International.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of a single black and white photograph of a group of National Biscuit Company salesman and delivery drivers posed outside of a factory. Most of the men are carrying cracker display units and the trucks in the background are advertising Uneeda Biscuits. The photograph is not dated.
Acquisition Information
The National Biscuit Company Photograph was purchased by Special Collections in February 2016.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the National Biscuit Company Photograph was completed in June 2017.
- Title
- National Biscuit Company Photograph, n.d.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- ©2017 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu