The Indian Packing Company was a company that was involved in the canned

Canning

Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canning provides a typical shelf life ranging from one to five years, although under specific circumstances a freeze-dried canned product, such as canned, dried lentils, can last as...

 meat

Meat

Meat is animal flesh that is used as food. Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but it may also describe other edible tissues such as organs and offal...

  industry and that was organized in Delaware on July 22, 1919. Its canned meat sold as "Council Meats." When the company was absorbed by the Illinois

Illinois

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-based Acme Packing Company in 1921, it had facilities in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay, Wisconsin

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; Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

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; Greenwood, Indiana

Greenwood, Indiana

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 36,037 people, 14,931 households, and 9,600 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,524.8 people per square mile . There were 16,042 housing units at an average density of 1,123.9 per square mile...

; and Dupont, Indiana

Dupont, Indiana

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  At the time of the sale it was controlled by New England Supply Company of Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

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  with F.P Comstock as its principal owner.

Among its slogans were “A meat market on your pantry shelf” and “From the Wisconsin country to you.”

Today, the company is remembered as the namesake of the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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. The fledgling football team took its name after Curly Lambeau

Curly Lambeau

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, a shipping clerk for the company, who successfully asked the company for money for jersey

Jersey (clothing)

A jersey is an item of knitted clothing, traditionally in wool or cotton, with sleeves, worn as a pullover, as it does not open at the front, unlike a cardigan. It is usually close-fitting and machine knitted in contrast to a guernsey that is more often hand knit with a thicker yarn...

s and use of the company's athletic field in 1919.