Egg Crate

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Egg Crate

Entry/Object ID

2022.35.1

Description

Metal box with hinged lid. The sides of the box are stamped with the words, "2 DOZ. EGGS / EGGS". There is a rectangular hole in the top that reveals an address label underneath. There is an impressed square next to the rectangular hole that has slits at the top and bottom (for stamp cards). The address label is on a piece of paperboard that is printed with usage instructions, prices, mailing weights, and advertisements. The back of the paper is printed with the same information. The typed address label on one side reads, "ROBERT DUMVILLE / SOUTH ROYALTON / VERMONT". The handwritten address label on the other side reads, "Mr. Rudolf Kind / 40 Locust Street / Garden City L.I. New York". Beneath the page is rectangular piece of cardboard. The interior of the crate is filled with removable cardboard and metal inserts bent into repeated scallop shapes, creating rows of oval egg holders. Several of the egg holders are filled with paper napkins printed with flowers in pink, green, blue, and yellow. There are remnants of egg and eggshells within the holders.

Context

Used by Robert Dumville to ship eggs from South Royalton, Vermont, to friends and family in New York and New Jersey throughout World War II.

Acquisition

Accession

2022.35

Source or Donor

Dumville, John P. (b. 1950)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Metal Products Company

Date made

1920 - 1939

Place

City

Fredericksburg

State/Province

Virginia

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Crate, Shipping

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Crate

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4 in

Width

13 in

Depth

9 in

Material

Metal, Paper

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dumville, Robert Whitney (1916-1998)

Related Places

Place

Village

South Royalton

Town

Royalton

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

World War II