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Catalog Number |
2019.033.011 |
Object Name |
Opener, Can |
Description |
Paint can opener with "McMURTRY PAINTS" & "McMURTRY VARNISHES" on either side of the stem. One end looks to have a can opener/church key while the other looks like a flat head screw bent up on the other side. McMurty Paints is known to be advertised from about 1921 to the late 1960s. The church key style can opener was developed around 1935. |
Date |
Circa 1940 |
Collection |
Brighton Historic Preservation Commission |
Caption |
2019.033.011a |
Search Terms |
paint key opener church key McMurtry Leffingwell |
Collector |
James V Leffingwell |
Condition Notes |
Slightly rusted. |
Accession number |
2019.033 |
Catalog date |
2019-10-29 |