Illinois Powder Manufacturing Company Gold Medal Explosives dynamite wooden crate circa 1930s-1950s. Blasting-related box with a nice patina sought after by mining artifact collectors. Acquired from an antique collector's estate in Austin, Texas. 

Approximately 18.25 x 12 x 8.5 in. 

4 lbs. 10.9 oz. 

Side 1: 

GOLD MEDAL EXPLOSIVES [around circle with] I.P.M. Co. [in center]

Side 2: 

GOLD MEDAL [semicircular above] EXPLOSIVES

Front: 

50 LBS.   C018

GOLD MEDAL 

REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

DYNAMITE

60%  1 1/4 X 8 

Back: 

I.C.C. 14

GOLD MEDAL 

REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

EXPLOSIVES 

MAN’FD. BY

ILLINOIS 

POWDER MFG. CO. 

ST. LOUIS

HIGH EXPLOSIVES DANGEROUS