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Plastic Bag - Mocopan Continental Coffee, circa 1972
Reg. No: SH 000974
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- Summary:
- Plastic Mocopan bag used by Mocopan Food Processing Company at Preston to package and brand their produce, circa 1972. Mocopan was established by Agostino Monici, Sergio Coperchini and Vic Panettieri in 1953. The name was an amalgamation of the surnames of the three men. Mocopan was originally composed of three sections; coffee processing and sales; the production of smallgoods (salame and mortadella), and the processing of polenta flour. The smallgoods were unsuccessful and both Coperchini and Panettieri left the company, a succession of partners followed, including Frank Dimattina in 1954, who bought out Monici in 1957. Mocopan was managed by the Dimattina's until 1998 when it was sold to a multi-national.
- Description:
- Clear rectangular plastic bag with blue text, and a picture of a person sitting on an camel and holding a cup of coffee, with palm trees in the background in yellow and brown. There are white circles around the top and on the sides of the bag.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Phil Magris, 2000
| Discipline: | History |
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| Tagged with: | food drink consumption, food storage preservation, italian communities, italian immigration, coffee |
| Themes this item is part of: | Mocopan Food Processing, Italian Historical Society CO.AS.IT. Collection, Domestic & Community Life Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Food & Drinks - Coffee & Tea |
| Tertiary Classification: | product packaging |
| Inscriptions: | On front: Mocopan/COFFEE/GUIDE OF/CONNOISSEURS/CONTINENTAL (printed in yellow)/500g NET (printed in black on yellow background) On Side: BLENDED AND ROASTED to PERFECTION/ BY Mocopan/257 PLENTY RD., PRESTON, MELB. TEL: 44 5011 (printed in white on brown background) Same text in Italian on other side. |
| Manufactured For: | Mocopan Coffee, Australia, circa 1972 |
| User: | Mocopan Coffee, Preston, Victoria, Australia, circa 1972 |
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