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Canned Food

This photo represents cans containing food products from the early 1900's. Image widely available but shared here alongside research on the early canned food and the canning industry by Lisa Couture. Cans depict foods like pumpkin, white cherries, and pie apples from various brands. Examples include "Butterfly Brand" and "Mr. Whitney Brand."

Couture, Lisa, "The History of Canned Food" (2010). Academic Symposium of Undergraduate Scholarship, Johnson & Wales University, 4, Page 2. Accessible at: https://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/ac_symposium/4/

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