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Oak marmalade

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Oak marmalade

This poster dates from the 1920s. The Oak brand was founded by Thompson and Hills in Auckland in 1897. By 1964 Wattie’s had absorbed Thompson and Hills, but it retained the Oak brand name.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: NZMS 1241

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Sarah Wilcox, Food and beverage manufacturing – Spreads and breakfast cereals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/22987/oak-marmalade (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Sarah Wilcox, published 3 March 2010.