Chocolate Shipping Crate
Chocolate Shipping Crate
Usage conditions apply
- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained chocolate produced by Walter Baker & Company Ltd. of Dorchester, Massachusetts during the early 20th century. The crate side features a central image of a woman carrying a tray with a mug and a glass of water. The logo comes from the painting “The Chocolate Girl” by Jean-Étienne Liotard, which the company adopted as its trademark in 1883.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.
- Place Made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Dorchester
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 8 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in; 20.6375 cm x 24.13 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.177
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.177
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
Note: Comment submission is temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to the site. We apologize for the interruption. If you have a question relating to the museum's collections, please first check our Collections FAQ. If you require a personal response, please use our Contact page.
