Fruit growers shipping stencil

2018.49.01

2018.49.01

Name/Title

Fruit growers shipping stencil

Entry/Object ID

2018.49.01

Description

9.5x4.5" copper stencil used to stencil the dealer's name, E. Todd & Co. and the grower's name, B.S. Williams & Son, Douglas, MI. on the boxes and baskets of fruit that were shipped to Chicago. An accompanied page of information/research about the above was written by Kit Lane.

Collection

1875 Basket factories

Cataloged By

Voss, Mary

Acquisition

Accession

2018.49

Source or Donor

Found in the SDHS/SDHC collection

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1883 - 1900

Lexicon

Search Terms

Stencil, Fruitgrowing, Packaging, Transportation, Douglas, Michigan, Basket Factory

Dimensions

Width

4-3/4 in

Length

9-3/4 in

Location

024 Basket Factory, Fruit Exchange, Fruit Growing
024 Basket Factory, Fruit Exchange, Fruit Growing

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

Oxidation and structurally fragile with large crack at center of stencil.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Williams, B. S.

Person or Organization

Williams, M. B.

Person or Organization

Lane, Kit 1939-2024

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2018-11-05

Create Date

November 5, 2018

Update Date

October 29, 2021