Bread Tin, Canteen, and Belt
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Square metal container.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The bread tin was designed to keep the doughboy's ration of hard bread dry; earlier bread rations were packaged in cardboard containers which became soggy and ruined the contents.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0044.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0044
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0044.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: canister, bread
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 8 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 20.32 cm x 5.715 cm