Pumpkin Shipping Crate

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Object Details

referenced business

California Packing Corporation

Description (Brief)

This is a side panel of a shipping crate for Del Monte canned pumpkin. Del Monte is the premium brand of the California Packing Corporation (Calpak). The Calpak cooperative heavily promoted Del Monte as its high quality, premium product through full-page color ads in national publications. In 1967, Calpak changed its name to the Del Monte Corporation to capitalize on the brand’s recognition.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

L.E. Leininger

ID Number

1979.0441.253

catalog number

1979.0441.253

accession number

1979.0441

Object Name

crate label

Physical Description

ink (crate label material)

wood (substrate material)

Measurements

crate label: 6 13/16 in x 12 1/2 in; 17.3355 cm x 31.75 cm

Place Made

United States: California, San Francisco

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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/ng49ca746ad-021b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1361892