Indian Packing Company
- Curly Lambeau
- Frank Jonet
- Frank Peck
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]
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
- ^ a b The American Food Journal. Vol. 16. American Food Journal, Incorporated. 1921. p. 41. ISSN 0193-1792. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- ^ "Acme Packers Absorb Another Firm" (PDF). The New York Times. January 11, 1921. Retrieved November 11, 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Patent Office, United States (October 28, 2008). Official gazette of the United States Patent Office - United States. Patent Office - Google Books. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ^ Associated Press (June 16, 1943). "Seattle Meat Packers Close". Arizona Independent Republic. No. 38.
- ^ Christl, Cliff (March 23, 2017). "The Acme Packers were short-lived". www.packers.com. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ DeRusha, Jason (February 4, 2011). "Good Question: How Did The Packers Get Their Name?". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ Radcliffe, J. R. (September 9, 2022). "Why the Green Bay Packers don't have a mascot, and answers to 5 other questions about the team". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
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