The Early Can
Karen Wasserman posted this photo on November 10, 2013 in the Facebook Group “You know you are from Sebewaing, MI when …”. She said “Found a neat little surprise when we remodeled our bathroom this past year. These were in the wall.”
Here are the comments from the post:
Thera Heck Harder Great condition and find
Judy Terrill Clarence just y me that you had to have a church key to open these. No pop tops and no twists
Judy Terrill just reminded me
Lori Fisher So the cans are full?
Karen Wasserman No these are empty
Vince Haag Nice!
William Harder Nice
Mark W Rummel At one time (while the Brewery was still open, so maybe it was 1960 or so) they were removing a bathroom wall at The Blade Office (now Jackie’s Upholstery) and there were maybe 50 tan cans in the wall. Apparently some printers would slip into the bathroom with a can, drink it, and drop it in between the studs in the wall. We threw them out, but wish we would have kept them now!
Mark W Rummel @Judy T, when they finally got around to having a pop top on the blue cans, about 1963, they were called “Zip and Sip” and it was another expensive addition for our little brewery. Soon after, short-neck non-return bottles were also added, with screw-off caps.
William Harder If they have no rust on them they go for eighty dollars a piece, blue ones with no rust go for one hundred and fifty dollars
Thank you to Karen Wasserman for posting the photo and all of those who took the time to comment in Facebook.
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