Peas Shipping Crate
Peas Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate end contained Happy Home brand canned peas distributed by the Schwabacher Brothers Company, based in Seattle, Washington. The Schwabacher Bros. Co. Inc. was founded in 1860 in Walla Walla, Washington and was one of the first retail stores in the Pacific Northwest. In 1869, Schwabacher Bros. & Co. founded a business in Seattle when Washington was still a territory, becoming a popular spot for miners and settlers, selling clothing, groceries, and hardware.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Inc.
- Place Made
- United States: Washington, Seattle
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 8 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 26.67 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.280
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.280
- 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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