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Inside the box
60 YEARS OF THE INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINER The sailing of the Ideal-X in April 1956 marked the beginning of a shipping revolution at once profound and largely invisible. Sixty years on, curator Dr Mary-Elizabeth Andrews lifts the lid on the ‘world the box made.’1
01 01 The nation’s lifeline, acrylic on board, James Thomson,
1991. Reproduced courtesy James Thomson. ANMM Collection 00033939 Gift from James Thomson