Price List for Stevens' Patent Egg Cases, 1878
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Egg producers initially used different sizes and types of containers to pack eggs for market. As the egg industry developed, standardized cases that held thirty dozen (360) eggs became the norm. Egg case manufacturers touted their own versions of the design, hoping to beat out the competition. A Massachusetts poultry farmer believed one product, Stevens' Patent Egg Cases, was "much the best."
Egg producers initially used different sizes and types of containers to pack eggs for market. As the egg industry developed, standardized cases that held thirty dozen (360) eggs became the norm. Egg case manufacturers touted their own versions of the design, hoping to beat out the competition. A Massachusetts poultry farmer believed one product, Stevens' Patent Egg Cases, was "much the best."
Artifact
Trade catalog
Date Made
1878
Subject Date
1878
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.3.3.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Ink
Technique
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.875 in
Width: 5 in
Inscriptions
back: "New Lard-- Nest / M.M. ce-- B---- / Lu-t--, Mi--- 1878"
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