Product Details

This dispenser was manufactured in 1948. The C. & W. Mfg. Co. applied for the design patent for this specific "Measurette Dispenser" mechanism in late 1947, and it was officially produced and marketed beginning in 1948. This timeline is heavily supported by:The 39¢ original retail price printed directly on the cardboard display card. The graphic design style featuring the classic 1940s housewife illustration. The use of postal zone numbers in the address ("Minneapolis 8, Minn."), a system introduced by the U.S. Post Office Department in 1943 before ZIP codes were established in 1963.