Can opener

Museum number:
2-68896
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068896
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Can opener/caplifter comb; nickel plated steel handles, one with bottle caplifter at end; handles pivot around rivet near end; “Master” trademark die stamped on larger of two handles; priced at 29 cents; thumb screw rotates on rivet; toothed wheel rotates can.
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Can openers
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Can opener, accession number 2-68896, described as Can opener/caplifter comb; nickel plated steel handles, one with bottle caplifter at end; handles pivot around rivet near end; “Master” trademark die stamped on larger of two handles; priced at 29 cents; thumb screw rotates on rivet; toothed wheel rotates can.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Can opener, accession number 2-68896, described as Can opener/caplifter comb; nickel plated steel handles, one with bottle caplifter at end; handles pivot around rivet near end; “Master” trademark die stamped on larger of two handles; priced at 29 cents; thumb screw rotates on rivet; toothed wheel rotates can.

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