A collection of five mid-20th-century advertising food containers constructed from printed paperboard and cardboard. The group comprises various dessert and breakfast-related products featuring period-correct typography and graphic illustrations. One rectangular yellow and blue cardboard box is printed with Primrose Brand Ice Cream Powder and includes text reading 4 1/4 OZ. NET WT. and SANITARY FOOD MFG. CO. ST. PAUL, MINN. A two-tone cream and blue box is printed with the brand name Campfire in red script and describes the contents as 1/4 LB. THE ORIGINAL FOOD MARSHMALLOWS. A red ice cream carton features a central illustration of a pink sundae in a glass bowl and is printed with the name CRYSTAL ice cream. A pale green pint-sized ice cream carton is printed with THIELE'S DAIRY PEACH MELBA and includes text identifying the manufacturer as MFD. BY THIELE'S DAIRY SHAWNEE ROAD, NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y. and features a barn scene on the side panel. The collection also includes a small sample-sized breakfast food box printed with red and yellow sunburst graphics for RIPPLED WHEAT Breakfast Food, which bears the printed text FREE SAMPLE NOT TO BE SOLD and NET WEIGHT 3/8 OZ.