Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Container - Flour Bag, McAlpins, 1930-1940
... ...Rita Madigan McAlpins...McAlpin's was a major Victorian flour company in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rita Madigan...McAlpin's Self Raising Flour. 7lbs calico bag from the kitchen of Rita Madigan....McAlpin's Self Raising Flour. 7lbs calico bag from the kitchen of Rita Madigan. ...
McAlpin's was a major Victorian flour company in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rita Madigan (nee McLean) was a lifetime Emerald resident. Rita married Jim Madigan in 1931 who was the Emerald butcher.This flour bag, owned by a lifetime Emerald resident, is reflective of how flour was packaged and sold at the time.McAlpin's Self Raising Flour. 7lbs calico bag from the kitchen of Rita Madigan.7lbs. nett / McAlpin's / Malto-Pepsin / Self-Raising / Flour / "Specially Milled" / Alpine Brand / Sole Registered Rights / Malto-Pepsin Process / Prepared with phosphate agitator / No substitutes used / "There's no other" / Factory Abbotsford Melbourne / Phone. J.3126.rita mclean madigan, emerald, victoria, australia, 1930s, rita madigan mcalpins
