1951 Atlas Powder Co. Wood Crate
17.5 x 13 x 10 inches. A wooden shipping crate for industrial explosives, manufactured for the Atlas Powder Co. of Wilmington, Delaware. The crate features a rectangular form with finger-jointed corner construction and is held together with metal fasteners. The exterior surfaces bear dark blue printed industrial markings. One long side is printed with Atlas Powder Co. / Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A. / High Explosives - Dangerous / I.C.C.-14. The opposite long side features the same company information, with a notable chip in the lower center of the wood panel. One end panel is printed with the Atlas globe logo, featuring a central ribbon reading Atlas and the word Explosives curved below it, flanked by the abbreviations Reg. U.S. and Pat. Off. The other end panel is stamped with shipping and product specifications reading 50 LBS / Redi-Slit / 1 1/2 X 8 / Reg. U.S. / Apcodyn / Pat. Off. / No. 17D / Batch / Oct. 23 1951 / W / MLC Co. The word China is handwritten in cursive black and green ink on two of the exterior faces. The interior shows natural unfinished wood grain with visible oxidation around the nail heads.
[ translate ]17.5 x 13 x 10 inches. A wooden shipping crate for industrial explosives, manufactured for the Atlas Powder Co. of Wilmington, Delaware. The crate features a rectangular form with finger-jointed corner construction and is held together with metal fasteners. The exterior surfaces bear dark blue printed industrial markings. One long side is printed with Atlas Powder Co. / Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A. / High Explosives - Dangerous / I.C.C.-14. The opposite long side features the same company information, with a notable chip in the lower center of the wood panel. One end panel is printed with the Atlas globe logo, featuring a central ribbon reading Atlas and the word Explosives curved below it, flanked by the abbreviations Reg. U.S. and Pat. Off. The other end panel is stamped with shipping and product specifications reading 50 LBS / Redi-Slit / 1 1/2 X 8 / Reg. U.S. / Apcodyn / Pat. Off. / No. 17D / Batch / Oct. 23 1951 / W / MLC Co. The word China is handwritten in cursive black and green ink on two of the exterior faces. The interior shows natural unfinished wood grain with visible oxidation around the nail heads.
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