Pressed Paper Egg Tray, 1930-2000
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Pressed paper egg trays provided padding between layers of eggs packed for transport from farms to urban markets. Each tray, or flat, held 30 eggs and fit easily within the standard wholesale package -- a wooden box (and later a wire cage). These packages held twelve flats -- a total of thirty dozen (360) eggs!
Pressed paper egg trays provided padding between layers of eggs packed for transport from farms to urban markets. Each tray, or flat, held 30 eggs and fit easily within the standard wholesale package -- a wooden box (and later a wire cage). These packages held twelve flats -- a total of thirty dozen (360) eggs!
Artifact
Tray
Date Made
1930-2000
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.64.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles H. Witt.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Gray (Color)
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