Salmon can with label

salmon can

KITCHEN UTENSILS & EQUIPMENT
Schmidt Litho. Co.
USA, CA, San Francisco
after 1906
tin; paper
overall: 4 5/8 x 3 x 3 in.

Salmon can; Humes Karluk brand red salmon; red label with lithographic illustration of salmon on 1/3 and of a sunrise over the ocean with rocky coastal islands or inlet area with birds in foreground; Alaska Packers Association seal on other third of label. Label repeats "HUMES KARLUK/ BRAND/ RED SALMON" on each third. Areas surrounding seal reads "GUARANTEED BY ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION/ UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, JUNE 30, 1906./ U. S. SERIAL NO. 10595" and "PACKED IN ALASKA. TRADE MARK REGISTERED/ EMPTY IMMEDIATELY AFTER OPENING." In small print at bottom of label reads "SCHMIDT LITHO. CO. S. F. (1)6". Can has been opened at top, lid still attached. 4" x 2-5/8" diam.


2000.154.1

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