Humpty Dumpty

Object/Artifact

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Raupp Museum

Name/Title

Humpty Dumpty

Entry/Object ID

2009.07.001

Description

Wooden egg crate with metal and wood handle mounted to a removable lid. Crate held together with four long nails, one in each corner. No paint. Contains three stacked paper pulp egg trays that each holds thirty-six eggs. Local egg farms in the Buffalo Grove area used this type of crate in the 1930s.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1930 - circa 1940

Dimensions

Height

13 in

Width

13 in

Depth

13 in

Material

Wood, Metal

Condition

Overall Condition

Good