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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 149195, member: 44"]The other is Quaker sugar, a brand name of the Pennsylvania Sugar Co. The following has history of the company. I'm not sure when Quaker was first used. It seems the company closed down for a few years and reopened in 1912. At that time Quaker brands were used, but not sure if used before that date. Quaker was still used up to and after WWII and probably up to the 1950s. The embargo on Cuban sugar sunk many of the sugar refineries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quaker is first mentioned in the last paragraph of "The Sugar Trust" section.</p><p><a href="http://kennethwmilano.com/page/Encyclopaedia/PennsylvaniaSugarCompanyJackFrost/tabid/205/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://kennethwmilano.com/page/Encyclopaedia/PennsylvaniaSugarCompanyJackFrost/tabid/205/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://kennethwmilano.com/page/Encyclopaedia/PennsylvaniaSugarCompanyJackFrost/tabid/205/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 149195, member: 44"]The other is Quaker sugar, a brand name of the Pennsylvania Sugar Co. The following has history of the company. I'm not sure when Quaker was first used. It seems the company closed down for a few years and reopened in 1912. At that time Quaker brands were used, but not sure if used before that date. Quaker was still used up to and after WWII and probably up to the 1950s. The embargo on Cuban sugar sunk many of the sugar refineries. Quaker is first mentioned in the last paragraph of "The Sugar Trust" section. [URL]http://kennethwmilano.com/page/Encyclopaedia/PennsylvaniaSugarCompanyJackFrost/tabid/205/Default.aspx[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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