Object Details
- referenced business
- Hercules Powder Company
- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side originally contained Hercules brand explosives powder. The Hercules Powder Company was spun off of the Dupont Corporation in 1912 as a result of the federal antitrust case. Hercules Powder was well known for its production of smokeless powders, and manufactured the powder for a variety of ammunitions. There is an illustration of the mythical character of Hercules on the crate side, with his iconographic club and lion skin.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.185
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.185
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Object Name
- crate label
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 9 in x 12 in; 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1361822
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fe5d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
