can, food-storage

Object/Artifact

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

can, food-storage

Entry/Object ID

1999.028.002

Description

Can, food-storage, tinned iron with glazed paper label. Can measures 4.5" high, 3.25" in diameter. Label is printed in yellow, red, green, and black and reads "B. F. SHRIVER & CO. / FIRST QUALITY / SUGAR CORN / UNION MILLS. / CARROLL CO., MD." on the front; on the reverse, "BLUE RIDGE / BRAND" arranged around a railroad scene. c. 1900.

Acquisition

Accession

1999.028

Source or Donor

Lyons, Daniel

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

This object was found in the walls of the house at 108 Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster during a 1999 renovation by Daniel Lyons, the owner of the house and object donor.