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Biscuit Shipping Crate

Object Details

Description (Brief)
This shipping crate label is for the Kennedy’s oak leaf biscuit manufactured by the New York Biscuit Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the late 19th century. The New York Biscuit Company was founded in 1889, and merged with the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company to become the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) in 1898.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
referenced business
New York Biscuit Co.
Credit Line
L.E. Leininger
Physical Description
paper (crate label material)
wood (substrate material)
Measurements
crate label: 11 in x 21 5/8 in; 27.94 cm x 54.9275 cm
Object Name
crate label
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