Indian Packing Company

Indian Packing Company

The Indian Packing Company was a company that was involved in the canned meat industry. When the company was absorbed by the Illinois-based Acme Packing Company, it had facilities in Green Bay, Wi., Providence, R.I., Greenwood, In., and Dupont, In. [cite news
title = Acme Packers Absorb Another Firm
work =The New York Times
date = 1921-01-11
url =http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9906E0DD153CE533A25752C1A9679C946095D6CF
accessdate = 2007-11-11
format=PDF]

Today, the company is remembered as the namesake of the Green Bay Packers. The fledgling football team took its name after Curly Lambeau, an employee, successfully asked the company for money for jerseys and use of the company's athletic field. [cite web
title = Birth of a Team and a Legend
publisher=The Green Bay Packers website
url =http://www.packers.com/history/birth_of_a_team_and_a_legend/
accessdate = 2007-11-11 ]

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