Acme Shipping Crate
Acme Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side was in use by the Acme Brewing Company of San Francisco, California during the early 20th century. Acme was established by the Olympia Brewing Company of Tumwater, Washington, and produced a variety of beers from 1906-1920. During Prohibition Acme produced an “Acme Brew,” a so-called near beer with almost no alcohol content.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Acme Breweries
- Place Made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 9 1/2 in x 12 in; 24.13 cm x 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.282
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.282
- 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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