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      Creator(s):
Mauri Tas. Co

Date: 1910 -

Description: Tin plated four gallon kerosene tin with handle and pouring spout on top. Inscription: Mauri Tas. Co. Used by the Harley family. Before reticulated power and before diesel generators in homes kerosene lamps were in common use. Kerosene was bought and kept in these tins with a stirrup pump to fill the lamp bowls.

Format: realia
Object: kerosene tins
Material: Tin, plated steel

Titles:
Kerosene Tin

Subjects: kerosene tins

Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.

Object number: FHR_00255

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