Axle Grease Shipping Crate
name: label: referenced business
content: Standard Oil
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This shipping crate side contained Mica Axle Grease, produced by the Standard Oil Company of California during the late 19th and early 20th century. The crate contained 12 5-pound lithographed tins of the axle grease. The grease allowed wagon axles to rotate freely and without friction, extending the life of the wagon and easing the burden on the horse.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Food
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content: Crate Labels
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content: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: L.E. Leininger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0441.315
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0441.315
label: accession number
content: 1979.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crate label
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (crate label material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (substrate material)
label: Measurements
content: crate label: 9 1/4 in x 23 in; 23.495 cm x 58.42 cm