Explosives Shipping Crate
name: label: referenced business
content: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This end panel of a 1942 DuPont explosives shipping crate bears the company logo and is marked Gelex No. 2. Today DuPont is known for its wide array of industrial and commercial products, but it was founded in 1802 as an explosive manufacturer. The DuPont Gelex in this crate was a semi-gelatinous powder, a type of dynamite sold in the early 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: 1979.0441.150
label: accession number
content: 1979.0441
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0441.150
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 11 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 29.21 cm