User:Gonzo fan2007/Indian Packing Company

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Indian Packing Company
IndustryCanned meat
FoundedJuly 22, 1919 (1919-07-22) in Delaware, US
Defunct1921 (1921)
SuccessorAcme Packing Company
Key people

The Indian Packing Company was an American canned meat company that operated between 1919 and 1921. It was founded in Delaware and had various facilities across the country, including Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was purchased by the Acme Packing Company, which shut down in 1943 due to supply shortages related to World War II. The company is notable due to its connection to the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Curly Lambeau, one of the co-founders of the Packers, worked as a shipping clerk in 1919 for the Indian Packing Company. In return for use of the company's athletic field and money for sports equipment, the team took on the name "Packers". Although the company quickly faded from the picture, its name stuck and is still in use today.

History[edit]

  • Incorporation/formation
  • Plant locations
  • WWI
  • Product details/slogan
  • Frank Peck

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https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945522/indian_packing_co_council_meats_ad/

https://books.google.com/books?id=GLJJAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA62&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/46741862.html/

Merger[edit]

  • Info about merging with Acme Packing Co.
  • Closing of Acme Packing during WWII

Green Bay Packers[edit]

In 1919, Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun worked together to form a local football team in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lambeau, who had recently started a job as a shipping clerk for the Indian Packing Company, reached out to his employer for funding to support the new team. The company put up funding to purchase equipment and allowed the team to use a field next to the packing plant for practices. Since there was no formal affiliation with any football league (the precursor to the National Football League (NFL), the American Professional Football Conference, was not formed until 1920), the team was originally identified as an extension of the Indian Packing Company. As such, the team became known as the "Packers". Even though other nicknames, such as the Bays, the Indians, and the Blues, were used in the newspaper or by team officials, the "Packers" ended up sticking. The Acme Packing Company took over the Indian Packing Company during the team's first season, but they continued sponsoring the team. The team was known as the Acme Packers until they entered the NFL in 1921 as the "Green Bay Packers".

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Citations[edit]

  1. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  4. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  5. ^ Barreiro, Dan (July 4, 2000). "PETA picking on Packers". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 49. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Providence Packing Plant Merged in Illinois Concern". The Boston Globe. January 11, 1921. p. 9. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Dougherty, Pete (July 19, 2011). "Jonet built Packers' financial framework: part 2". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 16. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Packers: The First 45 Years". Green Bay Press-Gazette. August 8, 1993. p. 208. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Daley, Arthur (October 1, 1963). "Curly Lambeau: 'Buzzard' Who Fathered Packers". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 74. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Birth of a Team and a Legend". Green Bay Packers, Inc. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  11. ^ "Chicago Packers to Take Indian Plants; Peck Confirms Deal". Green Bay Press-Gazette. December 22, 1920. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

Bibliography[edit]

Category:History of the Green Bay Packers Category:Packers Heritage Trail Category:Meat processing in the United States

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