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Category: Object

Handipak boxes

Handipak boxes

The cardboard Handipak boxes changed the role of the packers and eliminated the work of the box makers.
The first bulk bin in the Okanagan, 1957

The first bulk bin in the Okanagan, 1957

Gordon Shaw, Manager of the Vernon Fruit Union’s Winfield packinghouse developed a new method of handling apples and with a crew of men, built the first five hundred […]
Apple boxes

Apple boxes

The size of the standard apple box was 10 x 11 x 20 inches, inside measurement. When fully packed it contained 40 pounds of apples for a total […]