VERNON'S THRIFT MART · Label No. 04-241-B An oversized wraparound paper label, peeled from a 1978 can of Cream-Style Sweet Corn, unrolled flat and pinned at the corners. walk-along by Lloyd Vernon Jr. use the trackpad, mouse wheel, or arrow keys — the label runs left to right
Panel 1 · Front
Vernon's THRIFT MART
Cream-Style SWEET CORN golden, tender, ready in the can
NET WT. 15¼ OZ. (432 g)
HOLCOMB
QUALITY
PACKED
OHIO
↘ Mae repainted the steam three times to get the rise right. The first two looked like smoke. The third one looks like dinner is ready.
Panel 2 · Side
Vernon's THRIFT MART
Net Weight
15.25 OZ
(432 GRAMS)
Twelve good stores. One honest price.
↖ We dropped the price two cents in March. Held it through Easter. Nobody asked us to.
Panel 3 · Back · Recipe
From the Holcomb Test Kitchen
Holcomb's Skillet Corn Chowder
Serves Six · Ready in 35 Minutes

You Will Need

  • 2 cans Vernon's Cream-Style Sweet Corn
  • 4 strips bacon, diced
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 2 medium russet potatoes, diced small
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 2 Tbsp flour
  • ½ tsp celery seed
  • Salt & fresh pepper to taste
  • Chopped parsley, to finish

Method

In a heavy skillet, render the bacon over medium heat until just crisp. Lift out and set aside. Pour off all but two tablespoons of the fat.

Add the butter and onion to the skillet and cook until the onion is soft and clear, about six minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and stir for one minute.

Pour in the broth and milk, whisking smooth. Add the potatoes and the celery seed. Simmer, partly covered, until the potatoes give to a fork — about twelve minutes.

Stir in both cans of corn, juice and all, and warm through. Taste for salt. Ladle into bowls, scatter the reserved bacon and parsley over the top, and serve with bread you have toasted.

↑ Edna fought us on the celery seed for two weeks and won. She was right. Try it without and you'll come back to the half teaspoon by Tuesday.
Panel 4 · Nutrition Information

Nutrition Information

Serving size: ½ cup (125 g) · Servings per container: about 3½
Calories90
Protein2 g
Carbohydrate21 g
Fat1 g
Sodium340 mg
Percentage of U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances (U.S. RDA)
Protein 2 · Vitamin A 4 · Vitamin C 6 · Thiamine 2 · Riboflavin 2 · Niacin 4 · Calcium * · Iron 2
* Contains less than 2% of the U.S. RDA of these nutrients. Information prepared in accordance with regulations published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 21 CFR 1.17.
↘ The FDA layout came in '73. Our printers in Cincinnati had to relearn how to set a label. Ours was the eighth one they did right.
Panel 5 · Ingredients · Manufacturer

Ingredients

Sweet corn, water, sugar, food starch — modified, salt.

Distributed By

Vernon's Thrift Mart, Inc.
438 South Elizabeth Street
Lima, Ohio 45801

Packed For Vernon's By

Holcomb Canning Co.
1100 Industrial Avenue
Defiance, Ohio 43512

ALLIED
LITHOGRAPHERS
L-211
CINCINNATI
Printed by union labor at Allied Lithographers Local 211, Cincinnati, on recycled tin-plate paper stock.
↖ August harvest from Paulding and Putnam — Schroeder, Mealer, and the Brubaker place. Second-pick, which is the sweet one. They know which row.
Panel 6 · Can-Code Legend

How to read the stamped code

Each can is embossed on its bottom rim with a five-character code. It tells you exactly where, when, and on what shift the can was sealed.

DD-NNN-S
DD   = Plant number (01–14)
NNN = Julian day of pack (001–365)
S    = Shift letter (A=1st, B=2nd, C=3rd)

This label is from lot 04-241-B — Holcomb Plant No. 4, Julian day 241 (August 29), second shift. Sealed somewhere between dinner and midnight.

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↑ Late August corn cans named hands sealed in tin
Mae passed in '83 and we kept her bowl on every can for nineteen more years.
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