Vintage Hartz Mountain Song Food Metal Tin -set of two- Circa 1940's
These are two vibrant orange and yellow Hartz Mountain Song Food Tins circa 1940's with a pretty little singing yellow canary - both are in excellent condition!
This product provided a balanced diet for healthy singing canaries and was even the exclusive food of the 'Master Radio Canaries'!
No dents, slight rubbing but no paint loss. Shiny inside, too!
Wonderful and fun display piece.
Each tin measures 3 1/2" tall x2 1/2" x 1"
The story begins in 1926 when an almost penniless 26-year-old Max Stern decided to leave his native Germany for the promise of America. Germany was suffering from the ravages of the First World War. The allure of America’s stability, freedom and economic opportunity beckoned.
A childhood friend of Stern’s, a local pet dealer, had borrowed a modest sum and could only pay back the loan with 5,000 singing canaries. Stern accepted the canaries and decided to sell them in New York City.
Stern negotiated free passage to America on the Hamburg American Steamship Line and arrived in New York not knowing a word of English. But he did sell the singing canaries to the John Wannamaker Department Store at Astor Place in Manhattan and soon thereafter established his business nearby at 36 Cooper Square.
Stern went back to his native Germany again and again, returning to America each time with more singing canaries that he now sold to a growing customer base including R.H. Macy, Sears Roebuck, F.W. Woolworth, W. T. Grant, S.S. Kresge and others. By 1932, Stern was the largest livestock importer in America and decided to expand into packaged bird foods. The Hartz Mountain line of pet products was born.
In 1959, Stern’s son joined the company and expanded Hartz Mountain’s product lines into goldfish, tropical fish and a full line of aquatic supplies. They expanded again in the 60’s with the dog and cat products, most notably the Hartz flea & tick collar – still the #1 selling flea & tick collar for both cats and dogs to this day.
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