Bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Vaughan Manufacturing, American, founded 1869
label: Distributed by
content: Pabst Brewing Company, American, founded 1844
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A Pabst Blue Ribbon bottle opener with can piercer (A2015.273.1.1.30a) and protective cover (A2015.273.1.1.30b) from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The silver tone tool features a bottle opener on one side and can piercer on the other. Stamped text on the top of the handle reads [Pabst Blue Ribbon]. Stamped text of varying sized on the bottom on the handle reads [VAUGHAN U.S.A. PAT. 1,996,550 / Pabst Blue Ribbon]. The tool has a keyring hole at the bottle opener end. The protective cover is a short piece of black rubber tubing that covers the can piercer.
place: label: Place made
content: Peoria, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.1.30ab
objectType: label: Type
content: bottle openers
label: Type
content: can openers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: A2015.273.1.1.30a: metal
label: Medium
content: A2015.273.1.1.30b: rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.30a): 4 3/4 × 7/8 × 13/16 in. (12 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.30b): 1 × 7/8 × 3/16 in. (2.5 × 2.3 × 0.4 cm)