Cream White codfish box

codfish box

Unpainted wooden codfish box with sliding lid (a); dovetailed corners, bottom nailed; printed on lid in black "ONE POUND NET/ CREAM WHITE/ BONELESS (in silhouette of codfish)/ CODFISH/ PACKED FOR/ J. W. LOELL CO. ERIE, PA."; printed in red on side of box "PREPARED FOR PENNSYLVANIA TRADE WITH/ ONE-TENTH OF 1% BENZOATE OF SODA/ WHICH IS REMOVED IN TWO OR THREE/ WASHINGS AS YOU FRESHEN THE FISH"