Yeast Shipping Crate

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Object Details

referenced business

Northwestern Yeast Co.

Description (Brief)

This Magic Yeast shipping crate end is printed with Magic Yeast’s owl and moon trademark on a red background. Magic Yeast was originally formulated and manufactured by Egbert W. Gillett in 1886, and in 1893 he founded the Northwestern Yeast Company to manufacture Magic Yeast and its companion product, Yeast Foam.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

L.E. Leininger

ID Number

1979.0441.168

catalog number

1979.0441.168

accession number

1979.0441

Object Name

crate label

Physical Description

paper (crate label material)

wood (substrate material)

Measurements

crate label: 5 3/4 in x 8 in; 14.605 cm x 20.32 cm

place made

United States: Illinois, Chicago

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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-fd24-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1361806