Shrimp Shipping Crate
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Object Details
- referenced business
- Marine Products, Inc.
- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate label contained Marine brand fancy shrimp shipped and packed by Marine Products Inc. of New Orleans, Louisiana during the early 20th century. The label has an image of a shrimp on the left with a shield in the center that reads, “These goods have been inspected and quality approved by Marine Products Inc., New Orleans, distributors.” The image on the right shows a mermaid blowing a horn above a box full of shrimp.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.182
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.182
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Object Name
- crate label
- Physical Description
- paper (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 8 in x 11 in; 20.32 cm x 27.94 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1361819
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fd31-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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