Salt Brick Shipping Crate
Salt Brick Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained salt bricks manufactured by the Leslie-California Salt Company of San Francisco, California during the first half of the 20th century. The crate side has a center image of a circle with an illustration of a cow in the center. Salt bricks were used to supply cattle and livestock with important nutrients and minerals.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Leslie Salt Company
- Place Made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 9 1/4 in x 14 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 36.83 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.291
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.291
- 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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