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santee

January 25, 2009, 07:24:00 AM
Looking for an 1880's can of beans label to use in living history/reenactments. Anyone have a link or picture?
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River City John

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January 25, 2009, 07:51:48 AM
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Should be able to click and drag these to your favorite graphics program, resize and print onto good quality semi-glossy paper. Do not use photographic paper as it is usually too thick, but experiment.
I have used Dura-Brite(trademark) inks in my printer, and they are fairly colorfast.


Here's an 1880 tomato can label. Now you can make chili. ;D
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River City John

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January 25, 2009, 02:48:22 PM
Quote from: santee on January 25, 2009, 07:24:00 AM
Looking for an 1880's can of beans label to use in living history/reenactments. Anyone have a link?

www.TheLabelMan.com
"I was born by the river in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since." - Sam Cooke
"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
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Goatlips

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January 25, 2009, 11:25:05 PM
RiverCity John, and Santee, I don't know what refugee beans are, but the earlier labels show green beans; wouldn't the old coosies have just used dried Navy or Pinto beans for "Blazing Saddles" beans, and added their own water?  Hence the lack of early labels, p'raps.  But what do I know.  ???

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River City John

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January 26, 2009, 06:49:18 AM
Quote from: Goatlips on January 25, 2009, 11:25:05 PM
RiverCity John, and Santee, I don't know what refugee beans are, but the earlier labels show green beans; wouldn't the old coosies have just used dried Navy or Pinto beans for "Blazing Saddles" beans, and added their own water?  Hence the lack of early labels, p'raps.  But what do I know.  ???

Goatlips

Just like today, you could buy canned, or dry bulk at a more economical price. I think canned goods on the trail would have been kept to a minimum for only those items that wouldn't keep,- certain fruits, seafood and the like. Bulk would have been packaged up in bags, barrels, crates. You're right, like in the military, a trail drive Cosie had to plan on feeding many mouths over an extended period away from all the niceties of civilization. The foodstuffs were kept to just the basics packed in bulk.

It is amazing, though, what was available in canned goods for the consumer in the 19th cent.

I believe Refugee beans are a type of small, podded kidney bean.
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"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
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santee

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January 26, 2009, 10:17:43 AM
Wow, you guys are terrific! Thanks for these. I'll get 'em done!

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River City John

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January 26, 2009, 02:15:34 PM
For an interesting read involving early canned goods, read about the Franklin expedition.

www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Nunavut/franklin_expedition.htm


Also of interest to the reenactor is this site which offers period correct tin cans with labels.

http://www.victortradingco.com/tincan.htm
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Delmonico

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January 26, 2009, 06:39:14 PM
Just as a referance, I did some research a few years ago and looked through old newspapers for grocery ads.  In the 1870's at Sidney Nebraska which was the closest rail point to the Black Hills, common canned goods such as pork and beans by DeCamps, or similar things likepeaches and tamaters cost around 10 cents a can.  That was when a dollar a day was considered good wages, so for a lot of folks, canned goods were a luxury item.
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