Milk Shipping Crate
Milk Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This Carnation Irradiated Vitamin D Milk shipping crate side features the Carnation can that includes the carnation logo. Irradiation is the process of exposing the milk to ultra-violet light, which sterilizes it and adds vitamin D. The Carnation Evaporated Milk Company was founded in 1901 by E.A. Stuart in Seattle, Washington.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Carnation Company
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 8 in x 12 in; 20.32 cm x 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.184
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.184
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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