Name/Title
CanEntry/Object ID
2001.006.001Description
Brass container, cylinder shaped, with rounded top and threaded adapter at base. A short section of brass tubing is attached. A printer's safety can for benzene, it sat inverted on printing press. Used to capture harmful benzene fumes generated during printing primarily during the 1930s-1970s. This is an accessory for the Campbell printing press manufactured in the late 1860s and used by the Wrangell Sentinel newspaper.