Tuna Shipping Crate
Tuna Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained Mission brand flaked tuna that was packed by the Van Camp Seafood Company of Los Angeles, California during the early 20th century. The Van Camp Seafood Company changed its name to Chicken of the Sea after the exceedingly popular 1960s jingle: “Ask any mermaid you happen to see…what’s the best tuna? Chicken of the Sea!”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Van Camp Sea Food Co.
- Place Made
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 7 in x 10 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 26.67 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.207
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.207
- 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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