Pineapple Shipping Crate
Pineapple Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained Hawaiian Chief brand sliced pineapple that was packed by the Pearl City Fruit Company Ltd., of Honolulu, Hawaii during the early 20th century. George Lycurgus founded the Pearl City Fruit Company in 1892, and competed with the Hawaiian Fruit and Packing company for packing and shipping pineapples. This crate contained four dozen 11-ounce tins.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Pearl City Fruit Co. Ltd.
- Place Made
- United States: Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 9 in x 10 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 26.67 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.263
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.263
- 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
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