Biscuit Shipping Crate

Description (Brief):

This shipping crate label is for the Kennedy’s oak leaf biscuit manufactured by the New York Biscuit Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the late 19th century. The New York Biscuit Company was founded in 1889, and merged with the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company to become the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) in 1898.

Referenced Business: New York Biscuit Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridgeport

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Credit Line: L.E. Leininger

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0441.346Catalog Number: 1979.0441.346Accession Number: 1979.0441

Object Name: crate label

Physical Description: paper (crate label material)wood (substrate material)Measurements: crate label: 11 in x 21 5/8 in; 27.94 cm x 54.9275 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-f58e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1361985

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