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#151577 11/01/02 11:21 PM
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How old do you suppose this tape can is? The photos are of the outside and inside of the lid. It is metal and I found it in a drawer at my dad's house (he's 80). My mom had used it to store some necklace beads.

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I would guess that the can is from the mid to late 60's. It has metric units on it and the USA used the Kings measure exclusively before that time.

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From 1949 to the mid fifties is my guess, I think the metal tins were out by the sixties.
But, I think I remember seeing that same design on a wrapper in the late sixties or early seventies.
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never seen a metal tape can, kinda cool...

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Does the mention of asbestos help date it any?

What happened to the upcoming Nostalgia Area?

We keep getting more worthy pics!

[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 11-02-2002).]


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I have a mouse pad on my desk of "50 years of innovation" of 3M No. 33 tape. The style of package shown with the plaid was used from 1946 to 1976.

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According to:
http://www.3m.com/about3m/logo/logo_index.jhtml

,the 3M logo on that can was in use between 1955 and 1961.


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