Re: Re: Kendall oil containers

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Posted by Ron Throckmorton on September 30, 1999 at 21:19:27:

In Reply to: Re: Kendall oil containers posted by Jim on May 04, 1999 at 18:55:18:

: : I have a screw-top lid marked Kendall The 2000 Mile Oil, white with red letters. It is 2 1/2" diameter by 3/8" high. It will fit a pint mayonnaise jar. Did Kendall ever sell oil in pint jars? Or could this have been off a 5 gallon can or something. (It also say, in small letters: Tamper Proof Safety Sealed.
: : Anybody know what this came off of?
: : Many thanks,
: : Bill Plack

: Hi Bill,

: During World War II many products were packaged differently to conserve resources, particularly metals. Some oil companies packaged oil in containers that were usually referred to as food or drink product jars and bottles. Some had paper labels, color fired to the glass or at least had a closure marked with the maker and viscosity of the oil.
: Kendall packaged oil in a jar that looked much like a coffee jar of that era. It had a paper label and a painted label screw-on cap.
: Some very odd containers were used during WWII. They only recently have caught the interest of gas & oil memorabilia collectors.

Bill: I have some of the Kendall war jars complete with labels and they were made of a much thinner glass
so they would not be refilled and to be discarded after use...Most say "Fill to line" the proverbial identity of an oil container.. One of the Kendalls actually had a little hand embossed in the glass with three fingers indicating the Kendall logo..Your lid might fit other jars like coffee and mayonnaise but it
was made for the oil jar...And by the yay, No pints were made in the US for oil, only quarts..Ron

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: : : I have a screw-top lid marked Kendall The 2000 Mile Oil, white with red letters. It is 2 1/2" diameter by 3/8" high. It will fit a pint mayonnaise jar. Did Kendall ever sell oil in pint jars? Or could this have been off a 5 gallon can or something. (It also say, in small letters: Tamper Proof Safety Sealed.
: : : Anybody know what this came off of?
: : : Many thanks,
: : : Bill Plack

: : Hi Bill,

: : During World War II many products were packaged differently to conserve resources, particularly metals. Some oil companies packaged oil in containers that were usually referred to as food or drink product jars and bottles. Some had paper labels, color fired to the glass or at least had a closure marked with the maker and viscosity of the oil.
: : Kendall packaged oil in a jar that looked much like a coffee jar of that era. It had a paper label and a painted label screw-on cap.
: : Some very odd containers were used during WWII. They only recently have caught the interest of gas & oil memorabilia collectors.

: Bill: I have some of the Kendall war jars complete with labels and they were made of a much thinner glass
: so they would not be refilled and to be discarded after use...Most say "Fill to line" the proverbial identity of an oil container.. One of the Kendalls actually had a little hand embossed in the glass with three fingers indicating the Kendall logo..Your lid might fit other jars like coffee and mayonnaise but it
: was made for the oil jar...And by the yay, No pints were made in the US for oil, only quarts..Ron

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