Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 2009.035.08
- Place of Origin:
- Muncie, IN
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Description:
- Box, empty, for rubber canning jar rings used by Ruth Thomas Burley of Epping, NH, to can produce from the family Victory Garden during World War II. Cardboard box, square, red and white. Imprinted on front: "Ball / Good Luck / Split-Tab Easier to Open / JAR RINGS / ONE DOZEN", with four-leaf clover. On top: "SPLIT-TAB / for split-second opening / PAT. NO. / 2,446,493", and stamped price, "2 / 23 cents". On bottom": "Good Luck / SPLIT-TAB / JAR RINGS". On back: directions and "Ball Brothers Company Muncie, Indiana U.S.A." On right side: advatages of the split-tab, with illustration. On left side: advertisement for the Ball Blue Book, a canning guide. Box opens at top and bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.1 W-3.1 D-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- The jar rings were used by Ruth Thomas (Mrs. Joseph C.) Burley of Epping, NH, with canning jars (2009.035.02-07) and pressure cooker (2009.035.01), for canning produce from the family Victory Garden during World War II. The donors are daughters of Ruth Burley.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sarah Chase and Jane Burley
- People:
- Burley, Ruth Thomas
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