Such cans were being used up into the 1950s/60s.... As too how long such cans were being made, I can not answer that question... But, I know they were being repurposed; within Oil Company's...

Like Mike's version, most if not all the ones I've seen from the 1950s forward had either paper labels or "water transfer decal type" labels on them... Some that I've seen still had faint painted backgrounds that really couldn't be made out....

Here is one I own, that had been repurposed:


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