Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained tobacco manufactured by the American Tobacco Company in Middletown, Ohio during the early 20th century. The P.J. Sorg Tobacco Company was the dominant tobacco manufacturer in Middletown before it was bought by the American Tobacco Company around 1898. The crate has a label noting that taxes were paid, and the bottom of the crate cautions “under the penalties of law” against reusing the packaging for tobacco shipments.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- referenced business
- American Tobacco Company
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
- Physical Description
- paper (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 12 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 31.115 cm x 15.875 cm
- Object Name
- crate label
