Rare Utah can added to my collection!

[timeandabottle]

I got lucky and got this, what I think, is the earliest Utah oil can yesterday. From either 1908 when the company was founded or 1909 when it was sold to UTOCO. This may be the only known example! I had goose bumps for an hour!

 

[CanadianBottles]

Wow, that's very cool! Not easy to find cans in that good shape from that era regardless of what they are, especially oil cans.

 

[timeandabottle]

Wow, that's very cool! Not easy to find cans in that good shape from that era regardless of what they are, especially oil cans.

Thanks and I agree. Did you notice the reflective dots inside of the DUCK-BACK lettering? That’s something I’ve never seen on any can.

 

[CanadianBottles]

Thanks and I agree. Did you notice the reflective dots inside of the DUCK-BACK lettering? That’s something I’ve never seen on any can.

I didn't notice that, that's very interesting! I've never seen that either, looks like it'd be expensive to produce a label like that.