Crate
Object number2011.71.2
Manufacturer
Pittsburgh Box Company
Retailer
The City Banana Company
Date1941
OriginPittsburgh, PA
MediumWood/Metal
Credit LineGift of Andy Kortyna
DescriptionBrown wooden rectangular crate. Metal brackets around shorter sides. Cut hole on upper left, one long side.Dimensions11.5 x 31.3749 x 13.5 in. (29.2 x 79.7 x 34.3 cm)MarksBlack print on long sides: "THE / CITY / BANANA CO. / PITTSBURGH, PA. / 11-8-41".
On bottom right corner of long sides, "PITTSBURGH / BOX / CO."
"THE / CITY / BANANA CO. / PITTSBURGH, PA. / 11-8-41" repeated in black on shorter sides, but with "C" on top right.
Historical NotesFruit crate from The City Banana Company, who shared a warehouse with Catalano-Purpura Fruit Company on Smallman Street, in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1930s.
Related institution
Catalano-Purpura Fruit Company
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Pittsburgh Box Company
1941-1945
C. and E. Marshall Company
c. 1917