Jell-O Shipping Crate
Jell-O Shipping Crate
- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side originally contained Jell-O manufactured by the Jell-O Company, Inc. of LeRoy, New York during the early 20th century. The crate side warns the owner to “Keep In a Dry Place.”Peter Cooper patented powdered gelatin in 1845. The patent was sold to Pearle B. Wait in 1897, who flavored the gelatin and named the product Jell-O. Two years later Jell-O was sold to Francis Woodward of the Genesee Pure Food Company, who popularized the dessert.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Jell-O Company
- Place Made
- United States: New York, Le Roy
- Physical Description
- wood (substrate material)
- ink (crate label material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 6 in x 14 in; 15.24 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.335
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.335
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
