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Metal shipping crate from the Quebec Liquor Commission. Painted green, this is its original color. Cardboard label with 1945 stamp.
- Accession Number 2022.06.92.1-2
- Date 1945
- Materials cardboard, metal
- Measurements 26,2 x 42 x 34 cm
Historical context
According to the label, this crate once carried El Dorado Demerara rum. This object from the Commission des liqueurs de Québec, forerunner of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ), bears witness to Quebec’s relationship with alcohol in the first part of the 20th century.
At the turn of the century, alcohol was accused by some politicians and the clergy of endangering public morality. While Prohibition was introduced in ...
- Accession Number 2022.06.92.1-2
- Date 1945
- Materials cardboard, metal
- Measurements 26,2 x 42 x 34 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, Frédéric Cloutier and Ronald Chabot Collection, 2022.006.00092.1-2
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich
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