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Barrel, shipping, coffee

Object/Artifact
Wood strip and a faded-pink fiberboard barrel. The lightweight barrel has a hinged lid that is stenciled with the text "B.A. Railton Co. Value Blend Coffee 100 LBS. Chicago - Milwaukee" Stenciled on the side of the barrel is the text "Mrs. W.H. Allen, Tourist Home, Saugatuck Mich."
Barrel, shipping, coffee picture number 1
Barrel, shipping, coffee picture number 2 Barrel, shipping, coffee picture number 3 Tag inside the barrel lid.; A flour barrel, or possibly coffee, sent to the Tourist Home before 1920.It was addressed to W. H. Allen, then proprietors 1908-10 Packard truck of B.A. Railton Co., loaded with goods; Packard Co. file photograph of a 1908-10 Packard right side view, parked on brick street in front of Railton Co. building, two men seated in front, side reads Interpretative label; Shipping Barrel which once contained 100 pounds of coffee shipped by B. A. Rail-ton Co. to Mrs. W. H. Allen at the Tourist Home on Water Street, Saugatuck. The Tourist Home opened in 1901 on the site now occupied by the Ship 'n Shore.

2024.22.31

In 1901, William and Flora Allen bought the collection of buildings that became the Tourist Home resort. In 1933, the hotel changed its name to the Mount Baldhead Hotel. B.A. Railton Co. was a coffee wholesaler that served hotels. In 1985, B.A. Railton Co., a (then) Northlake-based food distribution firm was acquired by Sysco Corp. (Source Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/10/24/ba-railton-co-becomes-subsidiary-of-sysco-corp/)

Objects: historical artifacts1880 Tourism steamship era -1930Buildings: Lost

Winthers, Sally

30 in

20 in

Garage, History Center

Poor

Bottom is completely detached.

Mt. Baldhead Hotel 1933-1959/Tourists' Home 1901Allen, William Harrison 1862-1918Allen, Flora Elizabeth (Sprang) 1863-1943

06/01/2024

08/17/2024