Indian Packing Company Explained

Indian Packing Company
Industry:Canned meat
Successor:Acme Packing Company
Founded:, in Delaware, US

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]

Notes and References

  1. Two Meat Packing Companies Merged . 1921 . 16 . . 0193-1792 . 41 . August 21, 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009202333/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xhHnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false . October 9, 2019 . .
  2. News: Acme Packers Absorb Another Firm . . January 11, 1921 . October 9, 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009202447/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/01/11/103532735.pdf . October 9, 2019.
  3. Book: Names . Larry D . Greg . Scott . The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years . 1 . 1987 . Angel Press of WI . 0-939995-00-X . 30 . The Myth .
  4. Book: Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office - Prints . . May 20, 1919 . October 9, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160505155017/https://books.google.com/books?id=gKCXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA480 . May 5, 2016 . live . .
  5. News: Seattle Meat Packers Close . . June 16, 1943 . 2 . . live . October 9, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009202046/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36944539/seattle_meat_packers_close/ . . October 9, 2019.
  6. Web site: Christl . Cliff . Cliff Christl . March 23, 2017 . The Acme Packers were short-lived . October 9, 2022 . Packers.com .
  7. Web site: DeRusha . Jason . February 4, 2011 . Good Question: How Did The Packers Get Their Name? . October 9, 2022 . CBSNews.com .
  8. News: Radcliffe . JR . September 9, 2022 . Why the Green Bay Packers don't have a mascot, and answers to 5 other questions about the team . October 9, 2022 . .

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