Ammunition Shipping Crate
Ammunition Shipping Crate
- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side originally contained loaded paper shot shells manufactured and loaded by the Western Cartridge Company of East Alton Illinois during the early 20th century. The Western Cartridge Company was founded in 1898 as a subsidiary of the Olin Corporation, which it remains today.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Western Cartridge Company
- Place Made
- United States: Illinois, East Alton
- Physical Description
- paper (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 8 1/2 in x 15 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 38.735 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.368
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.368
- 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
