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Hello all,
I'm in the process of re-creating an Adams Express Co. shipping containter. I have read numerous archive posts on what the address usually consisted of. But i'm curious to know how the address was applied to the container? If you were going to ship an old shoe box, soap box, etc thru Adams Express during the civil war, would you have had to write or paint directly upon the box who the recipient was and the address? Or was there formal shipping labels that would have been filled out and attached to the crate itself...........(in theory i don't think that would be a bood idea because if the label got wet, or lost.......how do you know who the box is for??) How would the address be applied to the box, and if it was painted on.......would they have stenciled it on.....or just hand painted it on? Any information would help greatly. I've read a lot on soldier's packages and what they shipped in them, i'm only interested in how the address was physically applied to the box.
Thanks all!!!! I look forward to all your responses!
Sincerely,
Eric Kelly
I'm in the process of re-creating an Adams Express Co. shipping containter. I have read numerous archive posts on what the address usually consisted of. But i'm curious to know how the address was applied to the container? If you were going to ship an old shoe box, soap box, etc thru Adams Express during the civil war, would you have had to write or paint directly upon the box who the recipient was and the address? Or was there formal shipping labels that would have been filled out and attached to the crate itself...........(in theory i don't think that would be a bood idea because if the label got wet, or lost.......how do you know who the box is for??) How would the address be applied to the box, and if it was painted on.......would they have stenciled it on.....or just hand painted it on? Any information would help greatly. I've read a lot on soldier's packages and what they shipped in them, i'm only interested in how the address was physically applied to the box.
Thanks all!!!! I look forward to all your responses!
Sincerely,
Eric Kelly