Wooden peach crate
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A wooden California peaches crate. The crate is rectangular in shape. One the elongated sides of the crate is a black ellipse shape with a black outlined banner across the center. The natural wood color text in the ellipse above and below the banner read [CAL PACK] and [FRUITS]. In the banner is black block text that reads [FROM THE LAND OF SUNSHINE / REG. US PAT. OFF.]. One short side has text inside an outline of an inverted shield shape that reads [GROWN AND PACKED / IN / CALIFORNIA / U.S.A.] with a graphic of a rising sun at the center. The other side has black text in varying fonts that read [PRESIDENT BRAND / EXTRA FANCY / RECLEANED / MUIR PEACHES / PREPARED WITH SULPHIDE DIOXID / PACKED BY / CALIFORNIA PACKING CORPORATION / MAIN OFFICE - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.]. Black stamped text on the bottom reads [B J M D / CHARLESTON / T & H]. Handwritten black marker text on the top edge of the crate reads [BOX 24].
place: label: Place used
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.86
objectType: label: Type
content: crates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 13/16 × 15 1/2 × 9 13/16 in. (17.3 × 39.4 × 24.9 cm)