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Hello all,
I did some research over at the Steamboat Bertrand a
few years back and came across a 30+ page unpublished
manuscript there entitled "An Investigation into
Mid-19th Century Oyster Cans" by Laura A. Barry, dated
1988. The photos aren't great, although it has some
good background material.
Barry found that the wooden cases marked "oysters"
contained two types of cans: 1) cylindrical cans with
round hole-in-caps in the standard sizes and 2) larger
sized hole-in-caps with rectangular filler holes.
These rectangular cans were evidently sloppily cut
with shears and had no identifiable vent holes.
These are NOT those early tapered meat cans, which I
recall making it out west around 1875, about ten years
after the Bertrand went down.
Almost all of the manufacturers were located in
Baltimore excepting a single Boston company.
Hope this helps,
Dave
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