Soap Shipping Crate
Soap Shipping Crate
- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained White King brand washing machine soap that was manufactured by the Los Angeles Soap Company of Los Angeles, California during the first half of the 20th century. The crate contained 24 packages of soap, and features an illustration of a king holding a sword similar in style to the King playing card.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Los Angeles Soap Co.
- Place Made
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 10 in x 15 3/4 in; 25.4 cm x 40.005 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.198
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.198
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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