Spices Shipping Crate
name: label: referenced business
content: E. R. Durkee & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This shipping crate label was for spices manufactured by E.R. Durkee & Company of New York, New York around the late 19th and early 20th century. The crate label shows a scene of a procession of elephants, evoking the idea of spices coming from India. The Durkee Company’s helm trademark is on the lower left. The E.R. Durkee Company was founded in 1850 and produced a variety of popular spices, sauces, and condiments. The company was purchased by the Glidden Company in 1929.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York
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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: 1979.0441.337
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0441.337
label: accession number
content: 1979.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crate label
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (crate label material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (substrate material)
label: Measurements
content: crate label: 4 in x 16 in; 10.16 cm x 40.64 cm