Can

Object Name:

Can

Object ID:

2005.025

Date:

1946

Description:

Metal container for Expello mothballs, Judson Dunaway Corp., Dover, NH, 1946. Cylindrical tin can (tin-plated iron) with green enamel surface. White and black lettering, on front: "NO 1 / FOR CLOSETS / Expello / TRADE MARK REG. / KILLS MOTH / WORMS / HANG IN CLOSET / REFILLABLE / ACTIVE INGREDIENTS 100%". "69" (price) written in black on front. On back: "Expello / TRADE MARK REG. / NO 1 / FOR CLOSETS", with instructions, guarantee, caution, and "JUDSON DUNAWAY CORPORATION / Formerly EXPELLO Corporation / DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE / CONTENTS 12 OZS. / PRINTED IN U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1946 BY JUDSON DUNAWAY CORP., DOVER, N.H. / LEAVES NO ODOR / REFILLABLE". Image of woman hanging Expello can in closet, captioned "REMOVE BOTH COVERS / AND HANG IN CLOSET / ABOVE CLOTHING". Image of can with hanger. Good Housekeeping seal of approval. Removable brass-plated top with punched holes. Brass-plated bottom with punched holes. Removable wire hanger.

Material:

Metal
Tin

Dimensions:

H-3.1 Dia-4.25 inches

Provenance:

Purchased by donor in 2005 at antique shop in Rochester, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mark Foynes

Subjects:

Containers, Insecticides, Mothballs