Crate, Shipping
- Object Name:
- Crate, Shipping
- Object ID:
- 2009.039.04
- Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1950
- Description:
- Shipping crate for soda bottles. Rectangular pine crate with galvanized metal strapping around ends. Stamped (impressed) lettering in red and green on four sides. Front and back: "Cott / Quality / BEVERAGES / G-4". Ends: "IF DISTRIBUTOR FAILS TO CALL IN / TWO WEEKS PLEASE NOTIFY VIA MAIL / Cott / BOTTLING CO. INC. / MANCHESTER, N.H." One end also has handwriting in ink and pencil, including "1951-1952". Cut-out hand hold in each end. Four holes, 0.75" diam., in bottom.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-12.25 W-12.5 L-17 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Allen & Hall lumber company, Rochester, NH.
Established in the early 1920s by Leroy E. Allen (1884-1956) of Dudley, MA, Allen & Hall were contract lumber dealers and manufacturers who moved to Rochester, NH. The business was eventually taken over by Leroy Allen's son, Kenneth L. Allen (1916-2002), around 1950. The company purchased trees on private lots, cut the timber, and contracted to make lumber into crates and boxes for product packaging and shipping. They also operated a commercial lumber yard on Allen Street in Rochester. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ann Lindner
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