- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Distributed by
- Mt. Vernon Packing Company, American
- Date
- late 20th century
- Medium
- tin, plastic, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (7 × 8.9 × 8.6 cm)
- Description
- Tin can for the G and E Oysters brand distributed by the Mt. Vernon Packing Company. The can is white with light green text and images. A green line runs along the top and bottom of the can. On the front and back of the can is an illustrated graphic of an oyster boat anchored near a covered pier with a jut of land in the background. On the landscape behind the pier is a stripped lighthouse. Above the graphic in large block font is “G / AND / E / BRAND.” Below the graphic is dark green text that reads “OYSTERS / NET CONTENTS 12 FL. OZ.” On the right side of the can is additional dark green text that reads “CHESAPEAKE / AND / TANGIER / OYSTERS / Shucked daily with the great- / est care given to clean- / liness and sanitation / SEE LID / FOR SIZE DESIGNATION / MT. VERNON PACKING CO. / PRINCESS ANNE, MD. 21853 / DISTRIBUTORS.” On the left side of the can is a vertical line of dark green text above the seam of the can that reads “PERISHABLE KEEP ICED.” The top of the can includes a clear plastic top.
- Place made
- Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- cans
- Topic
- American South
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Communities
- Cooking and dining
- Labor
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Deborah T. Salahu-Din
- Object number
- 2013.225.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




