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The Indian Packing of Green Bay, Wisconsin was a wartime packing plant. Under contract with the U.S. War Department, they supplied canned beef to the U. S. Army. Indian Packing, an offspring of several companies, had filed Articles of Incorporation with the Register of Deeds in Brown County and with the State of Wisconsin on Nov. 14, 1916. |
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The '''Indian Packing Company''' was an American canned meat company that operated between 1919 and 1921. It was founded in ] and had various facilities across the country, including ]. It was purchased by the Acme Packing Company, which shut down in 1943 due to supply shortages related to ]. The company is notable due to its connection to the ] of the ] (NFL). ], 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. |
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The '''Indian Packing Company''' was a company that was involved in the canned meat industry and was incorporated in ] on July 22, 1919.<ref name="google1">{{cite book|title=The American Food Journal|date=1921|volume=16|publisher=American Food Journal, Incorporated|issn=0193-1792|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xhHnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA41|page=41|access-date=August 21, 2015}}</ref> Its canned meat sold as "Council Meats." When the company was absorbed by the ]-based Acme Packing Company in 1921, it had facilities in ]; ]; ]; and ].<ref> |
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{{cite news| title = Acme Packers Absorb Another Firm| work =]| date = January 11, 1921| url =https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/01/11/103532735.pdf| access-date = November 11, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Names |first1=Larry D |editor1-first=Greg |editor1-last=Scott |title=The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years |volume=1 |year=1987 |publisher=Angel Press of WI |isbn=0-939995-00-X |page=30 |chapter=The Myth }}</ref> At the time of the sale it was controlled by New England Supply Company of ] with F.P Comstock as its principal owner.<ref name="google1"/> |
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==History== |
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Among its slogans were "A meat market on your pantry shelf" and "From the Wisconsin country to you."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gKCXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA480 |title=Official gazette of the United States Patent Office - United States. Patent Office - Google Books |date=October 28, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2013|last1=Patent Office |first1=United States }}</ref> |
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The Indian Packing Company was formed in Delaware and legally organized on July 22, 1919.<ref name="MERGED"/> Earlier that year, a patent for "Council Meats, A Market on Your Pantry Shelf" was granted to the company.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gKCXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA480 | title = Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office - Prints | publisher = ] | date = May 20, 1919 | access-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160505155017/https://books.google.com/books?id=gKCXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA480 | archive-date = May 5, 2016 | url-status = live | via = ] }}</ref> Indian Packing developed multiple ] in ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945217/providence_packing_plant_merged_in/ | title = Providence Packing Plant Merged in Illinois Concern | date = January 11, 1921 | page = 9 | newspaper = ] | url-status = live | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009212214/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945217/providence_packing_plant_merged_in/ | via = ] | access-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref> The plants were known to be modern for that era.<ref name="MERGED"/> The compant was well-known for its Council Meats brand, which was well-advertised.<ref name="MERGED"/><ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945522/indian_packing_co_council_meats_ad/ | title = Council Meats | date = August 10, 1919 | access-date = December 17, 2024 | newspaper = ] | type = clipping | via = ] | page = 19 | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009161109/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945522/indian_packing_co_council_meats_ad/ | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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==Merger with Acme Packing== |
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The Acme Meat Packing Company closed in June 1943 because of supply shortages related to ]; it did not reopen after the war.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Associated Press|title=Seattle Meat Packers Close|work=Arizona Independent Republic|issue=38|date=June 16, 1943}}</ref> |
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In December 1920, it was announced that the Acme Packing Company acquired all of the assets of the Indian Packing Company, subject to approval by the shareholders of the Indian Packing Company. At the time, no additional details were provided by Peck, although an audit of financial records was ongoing.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36944386/chicago_packers_to_take_indian_plants/ | title = Chicago Packers to Take Indian Plants; Peck Confirms Deal | date = December 22, 1920 | page = 1 | newspaper = ] | url-status = live | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009211748/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36944386/chicago_packers_to_take_indian_plants/ | via = ] | access-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref> The merger of the two firms was finalized in January 1921, with Acme Packing Company being valued at $12 million {{USDCY|12000000|1921}}.<ref>{{cite news| title = Acme Packers Absorb Another Firm | newspaper = ] | date = January 11, 1921 | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/01/11/103532735.pdf | access-date = October 9, 2019 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009202447/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/01/11/103532735.pdf | archive-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref> Acme's president, C. E. Martin, took over as the president of the merged company, with the expectation that the merger would save a significant amount of money. Almost the entirety of the Indian Packing Company retired at the merger.<ref name="MERGED">{{cite journal| title = Two Meat Packing Companies Merged | year = 1921 | volume = 16 | journal = ] | issn = 0193-1792 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xhHnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA41 | page = 41 | access-date = August 21, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009202333/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xhHnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | via = ] }}</ref> In 1943, during ], Acme Packing Company closed, as did many other meat packing companies.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36944539/seattle_meat_packers_close/ | agency = ] | title = Seattle Meat Packers Close | date = June 16, 1943 | page = 2 | newspaper = ] | url-status = live | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009202046/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36944539/seattle_meat_packers_close/ | via = ] | access-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref> |
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==Green Bay Packers== |
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The company gave its name to the ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Christl |first=Cliff |date=March 23, 2017 |title=The Acme Packers were short-lived |url=https://www.packers.com/news/the-acme-packers-were-short-lived-18677091 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |website=www.packers.com }}</ref> The football team took its name after ], a shipping clerk for the company, successfully asked the company's owner, Frank Peck, for money for ]s and use of the company's athletic field in 1919.<ref>{{cite web |last=DeRusha |first=Jason |date=February 4, 2011 |title=Good Question: How Did The Packers Get Their Name? |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-how-did-the-packers-get-their-name/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |website=www.cbsnews.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Radcliffe |first=J. R. |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Why the Green Bay Packers don't have a mascot, and answers to 5 other questions about the team |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2022/09/09/green-bay-packers-name-mascot-owners-logo-and-more-explained/8013370001/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |website=Journal Sentinel }}</ref> |
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] wearing their Acme Packers jerseys.|alt=Black and white photo of football players standing in uniform.]] |
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In 1919, ] and ] worked together to form a local football team in ]. Lambeau, who had recently started a job as a shipping clerk for the Indian Packing Company, reached out to his employer, frank Peck, for funding to support the new team.<ref>{{cite news| last = Daley | first = Arthur | author-link = Arthur Daley (sportswriter) | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945718/curly_lambeau_buzzard_who_fathered/ | title = Curly Lambeau: 'Buzzard' Who Fathered Packers | date = October 1, 1963 | page = 74 | newspaper = ] | url-status = live | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009211821/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945718/curly_lambeau_buzzard_who_fathered/ | via = ] | access-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref><ref name="JSON">{{cite web|title=A founding figure behind the scenes|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/32475079.html/|date=October 2, 2008|last=Hendricks|first=Martin|access-date=July 27, 2018|newspaper=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194511/http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/32475079.html/|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The company put up funding to purchase equipment and allowed the team to use a field next to the packing plant for practices.<ref name="MEMBER">{{cite news| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945652/packers_the_first_45_years/ | title = Packers: The First 45 Years | date = August 8, 1993 | page = 208 | newspaper = ] | url-status = live | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009211934/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945652/packers_the_first_45_years/ | via = ] | access-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref> The team entered the American Professional Football Association, the precursor to the ] (NFL), in 1920, with John and Emmett Clair of the Acme Packing Company (which was now in control after the merger with Indian Packing) being granted the franchise.<ref name="MEMBER"/> Acme lost the franchise after the team fielded collegiate players under assumed names. Lambeau saved up enough money to have the franchise reinstated under his control.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.packers.com/history/birth_of_a_team_and_a_legend/ | access-date = October 9, 2019 | title = Birth of a Team and a Legend | publisher = ] | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 28, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100328092026/https://www.packers.com/history/birth_of_a_team_and_a_legend/}}</ref> With their meat packing roots, the team became known as the "Packers". Even though other nicknames, such as the Bays, the Indians, and the Blues, were used, the "Packers" ended up sticking.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/46741862.html/ | title = A name 90 years in the making | last = Hendricks | first = Martin | date = June 3, 2009 | access-date = December 17, 2024 | newspaper = ] | archive-date = August 1, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180801221149/http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/46741862.html/ | url-status = live }}</ref> ], who served as the ] of the Packers for many years, worked for Acme Packing prior to his association with the Packers.<ref>{{cite news| last = Dougherty | first = Pete | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945477/jonet_built_packers_financial/ | title = Jonet built Packers' financial framework: part 2 | date = July 19, 2011 | page = 16 | newspaper = ] | url-status = live | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009212040/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945477/jonet_built_packers_financial/ | via = ] | access-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref> In 2000, ] called for the Packers to change their name due to its association with the packaging and consumption of meat.<ref>{{cite news| last = Barreiro | first = Dan | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945164/peta_picking_on_packers/ | title = PETA picking on Packers | date = July 4, 2000 | page = 49 | newspaper = ] | url-status = live | archive-date = October 9, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191009201926/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945164/peta_picking_on_packers/ | via = ] | access-date = October 9, 2019}}</ref> The historic meat packing plants are now identified as part of the ].<ref name="SITES">{{Cite web | url = https://www.packershofandtours.com/explore/heritage-trail/trail-sites | website = PackersHoFandTours.com | access-date = April 23, 2024 | title = Packers Heritage Trail Map | archive-date = March 5, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240305010722/https://www.packershofandtours.com/explore/heritage-trail/trail-sites | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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The Indian Packing Company was formed in Delaware and legally organized on July 22, 1919. Earlier that year, a patent for "Council Meats, A Market on Your Pantry Shelf" was granted to the company. Indian Packing developed multiple packing plants in Wisconsin, Indiana and Rhode Island. The plants were known to be modern for that era. The compant was well-known for its Council Meats brand, which was well-advertised.
In December 1920, it was announced that the Acme Packing Company acquired all of the assets of the Indian Packing Company, subject to approval by the shareholders of the Indian Packing Company. At the time, no additional details were provided by Peck, although an audit of financial records was ongoing. The merger of the two firms was finalized in January 1921, with Acme Packing Company being valued at $12 million ($205 million in 2023). Acme's president, C. E. Martin, took over as the president of the merged company, with the expectation that the merger would save a significant amount of money. Almost the entirety of the Indian Packing Company retired at the merger. In 1943, during World War II, Acme Packing Company closed, as did many other meat packing companies.
