Bank

1950-1980

Metal

Overall: 3 1/2 in. × 2 1/8 in. (8.9 × 5.4 cm)

Gift of Bella C. Landauer

2002.1.2273

DescriptionA coin bank shaped like a tin can. The can is printed with a color scene of men in colonial dress standing on the steps of a huge stone building entitled "Jefferson Hands The Declaration Of Independence To John Hancock- Faulkner Mural-Archives Building" with a list of the other signers depicted. The top has a coin slot and the words "American Can Company/ New York/ Save means to live- The Tempest/ Act II Scene I". The bottom has the hatch for removing the coins.

ClassificationsLANDAUER COLLECTION OF BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING EPHEMERA

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