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What was it used for? - 7/13/2007 7:37:48 PM    Jim1870 Posts: 245 Joined: 7/7/2007 Status: offline I couldn't get a picture of the bottom of this but it is embossed (on the outside bottom) "NO. 71; PAT IN US.; DEC. 22. 1903; JULY. 17. 1906; M; 13.  Any idea what this was used for?  Thanks, Jim Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: What was it used for? - 7/13/2007 8:09:08 PM    woody   Posts: 1678 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Probably a food jar. My guess would be peanut butter or jelly jar. Maybe a cheese spread, also. < Message edited by woody -- 7/13/2007 8:17:43 PM > _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Jim1870) Post #: 2

RE: What was it used for? - 7/13/2007 11:25:17 PM    capsoda Posts: 7927 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Sandwich meat spread is what those held. They used them until almost 1940. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to woody) Post #: 3

RE: What was it used for? - 7/14/2007 9:36:08 AM    Jim1870 Posts: 245 Joined: 7/7/2007 Status: offline Thanks Woody and Warren.  It's amazing that there is so much knowledge on this site.  Lot's more to come but I'll try not to overdo it. Jim (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 4

RE: What was it used for? - 7/14/2007 4:15:17 PM    fsperry   Posts: 66 Joined: 4/4/2004 From: north central PA Status: offline Hey Jim,     It appears to me to be a "catch jar" for an old wall mounted coffee grinder.  Beans were in a larger container on top and the smaller jar caught the ground coffee.  Maybe a little more research on grinders might turn up a match with the embossing on the bottom.     Fred (in reply to Jim1870) Post #: 5

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