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"Dunlap Can Opener" Advertisement--Edward Gale, Manufacturer


Advertisement for the Dunlap Can Opener, patented in 1876, with an illustration of the tool and promotional text.
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Title

"Dunlap Can Opener" Advertisement--Edward Gale, Manufacturer

Subject

Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.) --Caricatures and cartoons

Description

This is an ad for the can opener
An advertisement for the “Dunlap” Can Opener, patented February 29, 1876. The ad includes an illustration of the curved, metal-handled opener. Text promotes the product as nickel-plated with the best English steel blade, claiming it removes lids from canned meats, sardines, salmon, and more. It states the price as 25 cents if ordered by mail from Edward Gale in Peoria, Illinois.

Source

Ladies Home Journal (December 1885) p. 8.

Rights

Type

Text
Advertising Cards

Identifier

LIB-005_0153

Is Part Of

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901

Citation

“"Dunlap Can Opener" Advertisement--Edward Gale, Manufacturer,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 28, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/94916.