DU PONT LIFE SAVING SERVICE POWDER

can of black powder

LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company
After September 19, 1910
5.75 x 3.88 x 1.75

Black powder can; painted red with round label on side, reading "DU PONT LIFE SAVING SERVICE POWDER/ DU PONT/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ MANUFACTURED/ BY/ E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY/ WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. U.S.A."; label on back reads "DU PONT/ [illegible] NUM 10645 SEPT 19 DE 1910/ [ILLEGIBLE] PAT OFF"; stamped "FG"; this was black powder used for firing the lyle gun in breeches buoy rescues

1997.90.4