Bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1954-1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Vaughan Novelty Manufacturing Company, American, 1910 - 1984
label: Distributed by
content: Regal Pale Brewing Company, American, 1916 - 1960
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A Regal Pale bottle opener and can piercer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The silver tone metal tool features a bottle opener on one side and can piercer on the other. Stamped text on the top of the handle reads [REGAL PALE]. Stamped text of varying sized on the bottom on the handle reads [C.M.I. A.P.P. MOD. – VAUGHAN U.S.A. 54 / One of America’s / 2 great Beers].
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
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: A2015.273.1.1.8
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: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 3/8 × 3/4 × 3/8 in. (11.1 × 1.9 × 1 cm)