Hendler Creamery Company collection, 1905-1985 and undated.

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Hendler Creamery Company collection, 1905-1985 and undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71129522

Comprised of early records of the growth and development of the Hendler Ice Cream Company and records of its purchase by the Borden Company and its continuation as a division of that company. Also includes the early history of the Hendler Creamery Company and its activities in Baltimore; an early agreement of ice cream manufacturers to hire a lobbyist to lobby against the state setting a standard for butter fat content in ice cream; catalogs of ice cream equipment; information about improved equipment developed in the Hendler factory, and agreements with distributors and employees; information about litigation against the Hendler Company regarding its use of the trademark phrase "The Velvet Kind" for its ice cream; copies of the regulations issued by the government in 1917 regarding the rationing of commodities such as sugar; and the effect of that action on the ice cream industry; copies of "The Dipper", a pamphlet apparently distributed to retail ice cream outlets by the Sharpless-Hendler Ice Cream Company in Maryland and nearby states, which provided tips on serving ice cream; information concerning protracted litigation regarding the tax treatment of the assumption of the Hendler Creamery Company's bonded indebtedness by the Borden Company with an opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court in the government's favor; documenation relating to a bill (1939) adopted in the U.S. Congress to reverse the Supreme Court's decision; and handwritten and typed copies of an 1830 book on making ice cream; a 1934 efficiency analysis of the Horn Ice Cream Co. plant in Wilmington, Del.; a 1905 edition of the "Ice Cream Trade Journal"; and material relating to the Hendler family, including information about the militiary career of Albert Hendler, and the philanthropic activities of both L. Manuel Hendler and Albert Hendler, and the artistic achievements of Winifred Hendler (Mrs. Albert Hendler).

11 linear ft.

Jewish Historical Society of Maryland Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8076382

Jewish Historical Society of Maryland Library

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United States. Supreme Court

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Hendler Creamery Company

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Hendler, Albert

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Hendler, Winifred, 1918-1992

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Hendler, L. Manuel

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