Vintage P&G Picnic Basket and Meal Tokens

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A vintage Proctor and Gamble picnic basket and meal tokens. The commissioned handcrafted basket is wicker with walnut bentwood trim and handle and having a carved wood ‘P&G’ emblem affixed to one side. The top has a slit in the center which slides over the handle to enclose the interior. These were commissioned and given to top executives in the 1940s. Also included are twenty meal tokens that read ‘The Proctor & Gamble Co. Employees Lunch Club’ with the P&G moon and stars logo on one side and ‘Good For One Meal P&G Orco Pat Pend The Osborne Register Co. Cincinnati, OH U.S.A. Lunch Club’ on the other.

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17CIN168-415