Sugar Shipping Crate

Description (Brief):

The Sea Island brand shipping crate side was used by the Western Sugar Refinery of San Francisco, California during the early 20th century. The shipping crate contained 30 pounds of pure cane sugar demi-cubes. The crate side has the company’s flag logo in center.

Referenced Business: Western Sugar Refinery

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: California, San Francisco

See more items in: Work and Industry: Agriculture, Food, Crate Labels, Agriculture

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Credit Line: L.E. Leininger

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0441.158Catalog Number: 1979.0441.158Accession Number: 1979.0441

Object Name: crate label

Physical Description: ink (crate label material)wood (substrate material)Measurements: crate label: 9 1/2 in x 10 in; 24.13 cm x 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fc0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1361796

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