Oil Shipping Crate

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Description (Brief):

This shipping crate end is imprinted with the Zerolene Polar Bear logo. Zerolene (also sometimes called Polarine) was an engine lubricant first manufactured by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1907 . The Standard Oil Company of California became its own entity after the 1911 breakup of Standard Oil. In 1977, the Standard Oil Company of California became the Chevron Corporation.

Referenced Business: Standard Oil

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: California

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: 1979.0441.147Accession Number: 1979.0441Catalog Number: 1979.0441.147

Object Name: crate label

Physical Description: ink (crate label material)wood (substrate material)Measurements: crate label: 5 1/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 34.925 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

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

Record Id: nmah_1361785

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