Milk Crate
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Artifact Overview
Dairies transport their packaged products to retailers and other customers in milk crates. During the 1950s, dairies switched from wood or metal crates designed for glass bottles to molded plastic crates -- better for single-use paper and plastic cartons. The changes reduced processing and shipping costs but contributed to a growing waste problem, even though many nabbed plastic crates and reused them for storage.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Crate
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
96.34.6.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift John M. Ivanko.
Material
Plastic
Color
Dark gray
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 13.25 in
Length: 13.25 in
Inscriptions
on one side in white:
TWIN PINES / DETROIT, MI
in raised letters on side:
MISUSE OF THIS CASE IS / LIABLE TO PROSECUTION
inside double circle on corner:
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