Beer Barrel
Datec.1890
Dimensions62.5 x 41 x 41 cm
Credit LineGift of Labatt Brewing Company Limited, 2010
Object number2010.011.3871
Label TextThis John Labatt’s wooden beer barrel is an example of a bulk shipping container. This kind of bulk packaging existed for centuries. Merchants took charge of measuring, weighing, and packaging the goods purchased by their customers for transport from store to home. Only in the late 1800s did manufacturers begin to use household-sized packages designed to appeal to the consumer.
NameBarrel
c.1890
c.1890
c. 1940
