Bevo Shipping Crate
Bevo Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side originally contained the beverage Bevo manufactured by Anheuser Busch of St. Louis, Missourri from 1916-1929. Bevo was one of the many “near beer” beverages created by breweries during Prohibition to maintain sales and repurpose their factories.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
- Place Made
- United States: Missouri, St. Louis
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 8 5/8 in x 14 in; 21.9075 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.348
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.348
- 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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