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$20 · Antique Huntley and Palmer Biscuit Tin

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Antique Huntley and Palmer Biscuit Tin 20.00, good condition Was my great Aunts For more info call 250-474-2130 In 1841, Thomas Huntley took a business partner George Palmer, a distant cousin and member of the Society of Friends. George Palmer soon became the chief force behind its success, and moved to a factory on King's Road in 1846, near the Great Western Railway. The factory had an internal railway system with its own steam locomotives and one of these has been preserved near Bradford. Thomas Huntley died in 1857, but George Palmer continued to direct the firm. They became biscuit makers to the British Royal Family and in 1865 expanded into the European continent, and received Royal Warrants from Napoleon III and Léopold II of Belgium. At their height they employed over 5,000 people and in 1900 were the world's largest biscuit firm

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