Tomatoes Shipping Crate

Description (Brief):

This shipping crate side contained tomatoes packed by the Greco Canning Company of San Jose California around 1913-1916. The Greco Canning Company joined the California Packing Corporation in 1916.

Referenced Business: Greco Canning Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: California, San Jose

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: L.E. Leininger

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0441.159Catalog Number: 1979.0441.159Accession Number: 1979.0441

Object Name: crate label

Physical Description: ink (crate label material)wood (substrate material)Measurements: crate label: 9 1/2 in x 12 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 31.115 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fc0b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1361797

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