Self Heating Can Company, North Fairfield
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Item 4220
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This is one of many preserving products used in the heyday of the canning industry. The can had a central chamber holding a substance that would release heat when put in contact with water, such as lime.
Water could be dropped in and the resulting heat would cook the surrounding vegetables. The inventor, George S. Jewett, claimed it was "just the thing or light housekeeping, picnics, camping, yachting, sportsment, etc."
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- Title: Self Heating Can Company, North Fairfield
- Creator: Dunston Lithographic Co.
- Town: North Fairfield
- County: Kennebec
- State: ME
- Media: Paper
- Dimensions (cm): 8 x 12
- Local Code: Ephemera--Trade cards
- Object Type: Text and Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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Trade cards--Maine--N. Fairfield.
Commercial art--Maine--N. Fairfield.
Canning & preserving--Maine--N. Fairfield.
Food industry--Maine--N. Fairfield.
Advertising cards--Maine--N. Fairfield.
Self Heating Can Co. (Me.)
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