Sardine Shipping Crate
Sardine Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side was used by Continental Seacoast Canning of Eastport, Maine during the early 20th century. The crate contained four dozen ten ounce tins of three quarter mustard sardines. The brand Continental is flanked by two skeleton keys.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Seacoast Canning Co.
- Place Made
- United States: Maine, Eastport
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 5 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 36.83 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.161
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.161
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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