Can

Object Name:

Can

Object ID:

1957.036.132

Description:

Dusting can, for Paris Green insecticide. Steel, wood, and tin plate. Cylindrical tin can with perforated disk (screen) on one end with many small round holes in square array, 12 holes per inch. Holes ~ 0.05" diameter. Disk is crimped around end of can; soldered in one place adjacent to a seam in can body. Raised rib in can body, 0.7" from open end. Short cylindrical cap that fits over can body and slides up to ridge. Crimped and soldered edge at bottom on inside. Soldered joint on outside of cap. Body overlaps on side, 0.5". Soldered seam on overlap on outside surface. Flattened, round, slightly convex disc that curves to fit side of can. Cylindrical handle tube, 3.8" long; soldered straight overlap seam on one side. Handle tube and base of can soldered together. Round wood handle, 1" diameter, that fits into handle tube. Held in place by round-head steel screw. 0.3" diameter hole through handle, ~3.8" from metal tube. Handle broken into two pieces at that hole. Handle extends to flat end, slightly askew. Dark band in wood around handle, 3.1" from end. Shiny, protected surface on can body under removable cap. Adhesive label on side of metal handle piece; red ink and pencil marks on it, "19/57".

Material:

Metal
Wood
Tin
Steel

Dimensions:

H-5.2 L-40 Dia-4.4 inches Weight-15.4 oz

Credit Line:

Gift of Adin M. Noyes and Carl O. Noyes

Subjects:

Insecticides, Crop dusting