Libby,McNeill , Libby 
August 13 » 1955 
Libby, MoHeill & Libby 
Western Office 
San Francisco, California 
Gentlemen t 
This past April 29 I was up in the northeastern 
pai*t of the Eelgian Congo in a place called Gangala— 
na-Bodio and for provisions had to turn to a local 
native cantina. On the shelves were a number of your 
canned goods, mostly canned fruits. The labels were 
somewhat the worse for wear but the contents of tte 
cans were in excellent condition. The question I 
would like to have answered isj When were these par- 
ticular fruits packed? 
I enclose herewith tim metal top of one of the 
tins. Whether it held plums or peaches I do not know 
because I got hold of the cans after the cook had 
thrown them out and retrieved this top and the en- 
closed label. Any information that you can give me 
regarding it would be keenly appreciated. 
Sincerely yours. 
WLdo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Dept, of 2oology 
Enc. 
WLSjvb 
