Chewing Gum Shipping Crate
Chewing Gum Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained Beech-Nut brand chewing gum shipped by the Beech-Nut Packing Company of Canajoharie, New York. Beech-Nut was founded in 1890, and produced a variety of food products. In 1910, the company launched its chewing gum brand whose popularity helped them weather the rough economy of the Great Depression.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Beech-Nut Packing Company
- Place Made
- United States: New York, Canajoharie
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 11 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 29.845 cm x 31.75 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.274
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.274
- 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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Alexandria Rudinski
Fri, 2019-12-20 08:21