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

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

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.

Ladies Home Journal (December 1885) p. 8.

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