Kris, I was intrigued by the Crown Flour Company and the salt and pepper
shakers you inquired about.  Betty Zumwalt in "Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces:
19th Century Food in Glass," Mark West Publishers, Fulton, CA, 1980, page 73
stated that the Horton-Cato Mf. Co. of Detroit, Michigan marketed, among
other products, a "Crown Celery Salt."  The company was in existence in the
late 19th and early 20th century.  I suspected that this may be a false
lead, I also checked the internet.  Much to my surprise, I found a very nice
picture of the Crown Flour Company and its trucks.  The company was about 6
stories high and quite large in other dimensions.  Check out
www.aros.net/~rbphotos/STORE138.HTML

Allen
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From: "Kris Todd" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 5:00 PM
Subject: Information on Crown Flour Companies


> Does anyone have any information on a Crown Flour Company that may have
> sold advertising items such as zinc salt and pepper shakers as well we
> their product?  The company I work for has an artifact in its collection
> that appears to be a zinc salt and pepper shaker 1 3/4 inches high and 1
> 1/2 inches in diameter.  It was manufactured in the shape of a wooden
> flour barrel and has a hole (possibly for refilling) in the side 1/2 inch
> in diameter.  One end is completely corroded but the other end contains a
> raised inscription "Crown Flour Keeps Homes Happy".  If anyone has any
> leads or ideas I would be forever grateful.
>
> Thank you!
> K. Todd
>