1 gallon oil can

Object/Artifact

The Cardinal Collection

Name/Title

1 gallon oil can

Entry/Object ID

2025.2.85.256

Description

This one-gallon oil can includes no manufacturing marks or branding. The size and shape of the container aligns with most oil cans from before the 1940s. The can is likely tin-plated. Aluminum wasn't used broadly until the late 1950s.

Cataloged By

Erin Bistline

Location

Room

Pantry

Building

The Big House

Ohio State Park

Malabar Farm State Park