Starch Shipping Crate
Starch Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side has a label for Gilbert S. Graves Family Gloss Starch that was manufactured by the National Starch Company of Buffalo, New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. The crate contained 16 3-pound boxes of starch. The National Starch Company was one of the largest American producers of starch during the early 20th century, controlling a number of companies including the Gilbert S. Graves Company.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- National Starch Co.
- Place Made
- United States: New York
- Physical Description
- paper (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 10 1/2 in x 22 in; 26.67 cm x 55.88 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.333
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.333
- 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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