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
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1361892
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-021b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
