2001.100.3456
Title

Sewing machine oil

Mediumtin
Dimensions4 9/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (11.6 × 5.6 × 3 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.3456
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA three-fluid-ounce red and white oval tin can of ferrous metal with a non-ferrous tilted metal nozzle. The can has a blue circle inside a red circle that reads: "Boye". The front of the tin reads: Boye/non-gumming-stainless/lubricant for sewing machines/phonographs/typewriters/clocks, guns/fishing reels/small motors/close fitting bearings.
On View
Not on view
2001.100.3455
Sewing machine oil
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Circa 1950
2001.100.3459
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Frank A. Hoppe, Inc.
Circa 1950
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Winchester Company
Circa 1950
2001.100.3458
Oiling can
Westinghouse
2001.100.3465
Gun oil
McCambridge & McCambridge Company
Circa 1950
2001.100.3466
Gun oil
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Circa 1950
2001.100.3442
Nye Oil can
William F. Nye, Inc.
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Sewing machine oil
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Circa 1960
2001.100.3463
Remington oil
Circa 1965
2001.100.3460
Excelene oil
Humber Oil Company, Ltd.
Circa 1950
2001.100.3457
Sewing machine oil
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
2001.100.3462
Gun oil
Sears Roebuck and Co.

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