Object Record
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Object Name |
Barrel |
Date |
ca. 1933 |
Description |
Shipping and storage drum, made of laminated plywood and steel. Cylindrical shape, steam rolled construction, with flat, circular laminated base attached with a rolled steel hoop and a flat, circular laminated cover held by a rolled steel tab-lock ring. Faded inscription stamped on bottom: "VIRGINIA BARREL CO. / TRIPL-WALL / STATEN ISLAND - NEW YORK". |
Acquisition |
Gift of Greif Bros. Corp. |
Ownership and History |
The Virginia Barrel Company was a division of the Greif Brothers Cooperage Company, later known as Greif Brothers Corporation. It was located in Mariners Harbor, Staten Island. |
Earliest Date |
1933 |
Latest Date |
1939 |
Maker |
Greif Brothers Corp. / Virginia Barrel Co. |
Subjects |
Barrels |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Container |
Catalog Number |
84.016.0010 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 2015. |
Legal Status |
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