Butter box
Object Details
- Description
- This box was used for shipping butter. The leather strap and buckle secured the lid of the wooden outer box, which insulates a smaller metal container. The butter was packed in the metal container. A mailing label was slipped into the metal frame on top of the wooden lid.
- The addresses on the label of this box show that it was shipped between Baltimore and Frederick, Maryland, a distance of approximately 50 miles. The box was then returned empty. The introduction of Parcel Post service in 1913 encouraged the sale of farm produce directly to urban consumers.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- c. 1913-1920s
- Object number
- 1992.2002.10.1
- Type
- Commercial Products
- Medium
- wood; paper; metal; leather
- Dimensions
- 8.75 x 8 x 11 in. (22.225 x 20.32 x 27.94 cm)
- Place
- Maryland
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
- Customers & Commerce
- Record ID
- npm_1992.2002.10.1
