Peanut Butter Online Museum
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Peter Pan peanut butter, named after the J. M. Barrie character, was introduced by Swift & Company (originally through their Derby Foods subsidiary) in 1920 under the name E. K. Pond and renamed to Peter Pan in 1928. Peter Pan is currently owned by Post Consumer Brands.
Glass Jar
Tin Jar
Coloring Book
LIFE Magazine Ad
Peanut butter Cups Tin
Date Unknown
Beech-Nut
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Beech-Nut was founded in 1891 as The Imperial Packing Co. in Canajoharie, New York. It became the Beech-Nut Packing Company in 1899. In 1904 Beech-Nut became the first national brand to make peanut butter. Beech-Nut is now a baby food manufacture owned by Hero Group. Source: Wikipedia
McCall's Magazine Ad
MCCALL'S MAGAZINE AD
MCCALL'S MAGAZINE AD
Swift's
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Swift & Company was one of the first companies to adopt Rosefield’s hydrogenation process (see Skippy and Peter Pan). Swift's Derby Foods subsidiary first started making peanut butter under the E.K. Pond Company name around 1915. The company was later renamed Peter Pan.
Large Tin Pail
Magazine Ad
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Large Tin Pail
Limited Run: Wizard of Oz. Date not confirmed.
Glass Jar
Crunchy Style
Planters
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The Planters Peanut Company was founded in 1906 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania by Amedeo Obici. Two years later it incorporated as the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company. Planters is currently owned by Hormel Foods. Mr. Peanut: In 1916, a young schoolboy, Antonio Gentile, won a design contest with his anthropomorphic peanut. Artist Andrew Wallach added the monocle, top hat, and cane to create the iconic image. Source: Wikipedia
Peanut Oil Tin
Sealed, unopened tin. Still full of oil. Date not confirmed
Large Glass Jar
Mr Peanut Knife
Silverplated. Originally part of a utensil set.
Mr Peanut Peanut Butter Maker
Peanut grinder - plastic. 1 of 2 in collection
Planters Metal Serving Dishes
Date not confirmed.
Mr Peanut Funko Pop Figurine
Vinyl
Glass Jar
Sunny Jim
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Sunny Jim was founded in Seattle, WA by Germanus Wilhelm Firnstahl in 1921 when he bought a peanut roaster and began selling peanut butter at Pike Place Market. By the 1950s Sunny Jim supplied nearly a third of all peanut butter sold in the Seattle area. Firnstahl based the apple-cheeked character seen on the jars on his son, Lowell.
Tin Jar
Date not confirmed
Glass Jar
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Glass Jar
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Skippy
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Joseph Louis Rosefield, founder of Rosefield Packing Company, was the inventor of non separating peanut butter and first licensed his process to Derby Foods in 1923. In 1932 the agreement with Derby Foods (Peter Pan) ended and Rosefield entered business with Skippy. Skippy was the best-selling peanut butter in the US from 1946 until 1980. Skippy is currently manufactured by Hormel Foods.
Glass Jar
Date not confirmed
School Boy
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School Boy Peanut Butter was manufactured by The Rogers Company of Seattle, WA.
Small Tin, No Lid
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Peanut Kids
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Peanut Kids is manufactured by Producers Peanut Company, Inc of Suffolk, VA. Peanut Producers has been supplying peanut butter and granulated peanuts to domestic customers for more than 100 years. They began as a candy manufacturer and later changed to peanut butter during the late 1920’s because of higher protein content. Source: Producers Peanut Company
Large Tin Pail
Superman
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In 1981 Sunnyland Refining Co. marketed jars of creamy and crunchy peanut butter using the familiar image of Superman. Superman Peanut Butter was only sold for a short period, till the mid 1980s. Source: Wikipedia
Glass Jar
Sultana
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Sultana peanut butter was manufactured by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company in New York, NY. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, was an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015. From 1915 through 1975, A&P was the largest grocery retailer in the United States. Source: Wikipedia
Small Tin/Cardboard Coin Bank
Promotional item. Not a peanut butter jar. Date not confirmed.
Large Tin Pail
Date not confirmed.
Toyland
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Toyland brand peanut butter was made by E. K. Bond Co. of Chicago in the 1920's. In 1928 E. K. Bond rebranded their peanut butter, changing the name to Peter Pan.
Small Pail
Adams
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The Adams Peanut Butter Company was founded in 1916 by Rex F. Adams, in Tacoma, WA. In 1919, the Company added Old Fashioned Peanut Butter to its line of products. Its peanut butter slogan was "The freshest thing in town." Adams Peanut Butter is now owned by The J.M. Smucker Company. Source: Adams
Large Glass Jar
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Small Glass Jar
Date unknown
Reese's
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The H.B. Reese Candy Company was established in 1923 by H. B. Reese in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The official product name was "Penny Cups" because they could be purchased for one cent. H. B. Reese Candy Company merged with the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in 1963. In 1969, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups became the Hershey Company's top seller. Source: Wikipedia
Metal Lunchbox