Record Details
Guide to the Collection on Continental Can Company circa 1916-1940
Archives West
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Guide to the Collection on Continental Can Company circa 1916-1940 |
| Subject | Can industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Canneries--Washington (State)--Seattle; Food processing machinery; Machinery; Machinery industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Retorts (Equipment); Businesses and corporations; Fishing and canning; Photographs; Seattle; Washington (State) |
| Description | Photographs, business records, canning machinery catalogs and technical manuals from Continental Can Company and its acquired companies, Seattle-Astoria Iron Works and Troyer-Fox Manufacturing Company; Historical Note; Edwin Norton and T.G. Cranwell founded Continental Can Company in 1904 with $500,000 in startup capital. The newly formed company purchased canning machinery patents and established factories in Chicago and Syracuse, New York. They began shipping cans in April... |
| Publisher | Museum of History & Industry |
| Date | 1911/1940 |
| Rights |
The collection is open to the public by appointment.; The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. |
| Type | Collection collection |
| Identifier | http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv62863 |
| Language | eng |
| Format | 1 box; .21 cubic feet |
| Coverage | circa 1916-1940 |
