Bellows Can

Bellows Can

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Description
An inscription on this can reads “QUICK LOADER / PAT. AUG. 28, 88 / PAT. MAY 8? 93 / MANUFACTURED / BY / AMERICAN CAN CO. / NEW YORK, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO.”
Ref: American Can Co. ad for the Quick Loader Insect Powder Can, in The Pharmaceutical Era (Feb. 1910): 191.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Bellows Can
maker
American Can Company
Measurements
overall: 1 3/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 3.01625 cm x 6.985 cm x 11.43 cm
ID Number
MG.M-10511
catalog number
M-10511
accession number
252497
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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