Antique Tin Can Sealer
Item Contributed By: Rural Life Museum of Trappe
Approximate Age or Date of Origin: Unknown, 1800s-early 1900s
About the Item
In 1847, American Allen Taylor patented a machine-stamped tin can with extension edges. From the early 1950s until the mid 1960s, canning primarily existed as a cottage industry, where can making and canning were undertaken at the same location.
Canneries could be found in Maryland towns such as Hurlock, Preston, Princess Anne, Pocomoke, Ridgely, Trappe, and Cambridge. This canning machine was sourced from Trappe, which had around 25-30 canneries in the mid-1800s and early 1900s.
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