The Indian Packing Company was a company that was involved in the canned meat industry and was incorporated in Delaware on July 22, 1919.[1] Its canned meat sold as "Council Meats." When the company was absorbed by the Illinois-based Acme Packing Company in 1921, it had facilities in Green Bay, Wisconsin; Providence, Rhode Island; Greenwood, Indiana; and Dupont, Indiana.[2][3] At the time of the sale it was controlled by New England Supply Company of Providence, Rhode Island, with F.P Comstock as its principal owner.[1]
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| Industry | Canned meat |
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| Founded | July 22, 1919, in Delaware, US |
| Defunct | 1943 |
| Successor | Acme Packing Company |
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Among its slogans were "A meat market on your pantry shelf" and "From the Wisconsin country to you."[4]
The Acme Meat Packing Company closed in June 1943 because of supply shortages related to World War II; it did not reopen after the war.[5]
The company gave its name to the Green Bay Packers.[6] The football team took its name after Curly Lambeau, a shipping clerk for the company, successfully asked the company's owner, Frank Peck, for money for jerseys and use of the company's athletic field in 1919.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Two Meat Packing Companies Merged". The American Food Journal. 16: 41. 1921. ISSN 0193-1792. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2015 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Acme Packers Absorb Another Firm" (PDF). The New York Times. January 11, 1921. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ Names, Larry D (1987). "The Myth". In Scott, Greg (ed.). The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years. Vol. 1. Angel Press of WI. p. 30. ISBN 0-939995-00-X.
- ^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office - Prints. United States Patent Office. May 20, 1919. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Seattle Meat Packers Close". Arizona Republic. Associated Press. June 16, 1943. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Christl, Cliff (March 23, 2017). "The Acme Packers were short-lived". Packers.com. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ DeRusha, Jason (February 4, 2011). "Good Question: How Did The Packers Get Their Name?". CBSNews.com. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ Radcliffe, JR (September 9, 2022). "Why the Green Bay Packers don't have a mascot, and answers to 5 other questions about the team". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved October 9, 2022.