Cocoa Shipping Crate
Object Details
- referenced business
- Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.
- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained breakfast cocoa that was produced by Walter Baker & Company Ltd. of Dorchester, Massachusetts during the early 20th century. The crate contained 24 half-pound cans of breakfast cocoa. The Baker Chocolate Company was founded in 1780, and is one of the oldest chocolate manufacturers in the United States.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.178
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.178
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Object Name
- crate label
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 6 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 24.13 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1361815
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fd2d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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