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Crate, Shipping

Object number2009.107.1

Retailer Thomas R. Mackey Baking Company

Manufacturer R. J. Kittredge and Company

Date1906-1911

OriginChicago, IL

Mediumwood; paper; metal

Credit LineGift of Chip Richter

DescriptionWooden shipping crate. Paper label attached to one side, printed in blue, white, and red, with retailer text; in a circle in the bottom right corner is another retailer mark. Maker's information at bottom. Label on short side by handles has handling instructions and retailer information.Dimensions13.75 x 7.25 x 21.5 in. (34.9 x 18.4 x 54.6 cm)
MarksPaper label attached to one side has printed text "Thos. R. Mackey's / BISCUITS / PITTSBURGH"; and in a circle, bottom right corner, "THOMAS R. MACKEY / BAKING CO. / [in center] FAMOUS / BISCUITS / PITTSBURGH".

Maker's information at bottom, very small, "LABELS / RJ. KITTREDGE & CO. 54452 / CHICAGO".

Label on short side by handles, "HANDLE WITH CARE / [handwriting in pencil] / FROM / THOMAS R. MACKEY... / FORBES ST. PITTSB..."
Historical NotesBiscuit crate from the Thomas R. Mackey Baking Company. The Thomas R. Mackey Baking Company was granted a charter on January 10, 1905, and organized on February 1, 1906. It was started by Thomas Mackey and several other Pittsburghers in the grocery and baking businesses with the purpose of "manufacturing by machinery and skilled manual labor, crackers, cakes and biscuits, and prepared flour and other products from flour and of the bakery." In 1911, it was transferred to the Famous Biscuit Company which was ran by Mackey Company secretary John Archibald Simeral. (Source: "History of Pittsburgh and its Environs").

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