Container Truck Security Seal
notes: label: Description
content: This container seal was cut off on the loading dock of an apparel company in Los Angeles around 1999. Theft has always been a problem on ships and the docks, Containerization has not only lowered the cost of shipping, it has also lowered costs from damage and theft. A simple plastic wrapped metal seal like this is put on when the container is loaded in the factory. The container is then kept closed until it is delivered where the seal is cut off. Fast, secure, and inexpensive containerized shipping made global production easier.
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0053.01
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0053.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0053
label: serial number
content: D591204
objectType: label: Object Name
content: security seal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 3/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 1.905 cm