Board, Name
- Object Name:
- Board, Name
- Object ID:
- 2012.052.04
- Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1948
- Description:
- Wooden board from a soft drink crate. Horizontal rectangle. Printed in red on both sides: "7up LIKES / YOU". Side 1 also has circular crate maker's mark printed in black: "ROCHESTER, N.H. / 1948 / ALLEN AND HALL / INC. / PAWTUCKET, R.I."
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- W-3.6 L-18.3 D-0.4 inches
- Provenance:
- 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
- Subjects:
- Lumber industry, Lumberyards, Box industry, Soft drinks, Soda industry, Crates
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