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Jeffrey White #146782 This film, The Freight Goes Through dates from the 1950s and shows appliances in crates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT8WIXDxbyE Jeff White Alma, IL On 1/3/2017 7:45 PM, Tony Thompson tony@... [STMFC] wrote: toggle quoted messageShow quoted text ï¿½ Dave Parker wrote: ï¿½ I would have guessed wooden boxes/crates.ï¿½ Although corrugated boxes were certainly in use by 1919, I don't think they had completely supplanted wood in the shipping business. ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½I think cardboard took over MUCH later than 1919. Certainly in produce shipping, not until the 1950s. Appliances were still shipped in wooden crates prior to World War II, not sure about afterwards. Tony Thompsonï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; e-mail, tony@... Publishers of books on railroad history
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