OPENER, CAN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CAN OPENER
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- PAPER, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021005
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CAN OPENER
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- PAPER, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 3.7
- Width
- 4.5
- Description
- SMALL, PORTABLE CAN OPENER. METALLIC SILVER IN COLOR, IT HAS A HINGED CURVED BLADE ON ONE SIDE AND A GROOVE WHERE THE LIP OF THE CAN FITS. THE OPENER IS CONTAINED INSIDE A BROWN PAPER ENVELOPE THAT HAS ON THE EXTERIOR OF ONE SIDE, A DIAGRAM OF HOW TO USE THE CAN OPENER, AS WELL AS THE TITLE "U.S. ARMY POCKET CAN OPENER" "TOP OPEN CAN".
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- THE DONOR OF THIS ARTIFACT, JOHN LLOYD KNIGHT, SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEVILS BRIGADE) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THIS CAN OPENER IS A SMALL PORTABLE KIND GIVEN TO TROOPS BY THE US ARMY. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021005
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
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