Chocolate Shipping Crate

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Object Details

referenced business

Eline's Incorporated

Description (Brief)

This shipping crate side was used by Eline’s Incorporated of Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the early 20th century. Eline’s produced chocolate and cocoa during the time when Prohibition outlawed brewing beer in Milwaukee and factories needed to be repurposed.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

L.E. Leininger

ID Number

1979.0441.145

accession number

1979.0441

catalog number

1979.0441.145

Object Name

crate label

Physical Description

ink (crate label material)

wood (substrate material)

Measurements

crate label: 8 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in; 22.225 cm x 29.5275 cm

Place Made

United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Work and Industry: Agriculture

Food

Crate Labels

Agriculture

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fbfd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1361783