Evaporated Milk Shipping Crate
name: label: referenced business
content: Morning Milk Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This shipping crate side contained Morning Brand evaporated milk produced by the Morning Milk Company of Stockton, California during the early 20th century. This crate contained 48 tall cans of unsweetened evaporated milk. Evaporated and condensed milk was an important part of American diets before refrigeration allowed people to keep fresh milk on hand.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, Stockton
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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: 1979.0441.223
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0441.223
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: 7 1/2 in x 12 in; 19.05 cm x 30.48 cm