Cracker Shipping Crate
Cracker Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side was for crackers produced by the Inland Empire Biscuit Company of Spokane, Washington during the early 20th century. The crate side reads “Egg Case/Sodas/ Are Good Crackers” and says that the since the crate is half the side of a regulation egg case “it will be found most convenient for bringing it to your storekeeper refilled with nice fresh eggs.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Inland Empire Biscuit Co.
- Place Made
- United States: Washington, Spokane
- Physical Description
- paper (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 11 3/4 in x 12 in; 29.845 cm x 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.371
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.371
- 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
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