Milk Can
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Two-quart milk can with tapered strap side handle and a circular flat-top cover with arched strap handle. Can made in five pieces: a wire-rimmed, soft-soldered lapped-seam neck; conical, folded-seam breast; two-piece, cylindrical, folded-seam body; and flat bottom, all joined by soft-soldered folded seams. Cover has folded edge and lapped-seam collar. Both handles have wire-reinforced, rolled-under edges and are soldered in place. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251349.0179
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0179
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: can, milk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 6 7/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 26.67 cm x 17.4625 cm x 13.0175 cm