X-Rays and Radium in Product Advertising: Or Does Your Collectible Glow in the Dark? By Michael R. Reilly,June 1996 Last Revised 04/20/2010 Within a few years of Rutherford’s discovery of x-rays in1895, Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie’s discoveries of radioactivity, x-rays andthe new element, radium, quickly became an obsession among the scientific worldand the general public. Led… Read more »
Collector Alert: Coffee tin collectors know the difficulty of finding tins with original lids. Many valuable tins are found without them which greatly reduces their selling prices. Now it is learned that acouple of unscrupulous individuals are painting lids to closely match the tin body. This is not the everyday touch-up, but a deliberate attempt to deceive the collector…. Read more »
The building of a silo next to the barnnear Westfield, Wisconsin. The silo is started, tools and building itemsare in place, and supplies off to the right. But this is obviously aSunday photo… because everyone is dressed in their best. Left to Right:Two men in suits, Three little girls sitting on a barrel, two men, a boyon his horse,… Read more »
It’s only been within the last 25 years that condom tins have been collected to any degree but the condom has been around fornearly 3,000 years. First reports of their usage was by the Egyptians as far back as 1,000 B.C. Some feel though that it was the Roman soldier’s desire to avoid the “Mount Vesuvius Rash” that… Read more »
Bandage Tins by Mike Reilly The September issue of Yesteryear, in thecolumn Yesterday’s Collectibles by Robert Reed was written on the subject of”Colorful Bandage Tins”. I thought it was an interesting article, and if I knew how to contact him I would have asked to have it reprinted here for you. Perhaps hiscolumn appears in other tabloid style… Read more »
BISCUIT TINS Did you know that the British term”biscuits” actually means the American word “cookies” ? From: lime@onyxnet.co.uk (T Dolphin) Hello Mike I’ve just visited you web site for thefirst time, (I’m new to the net ), it’s great , I am hoping to set up something similarhere in England though as I’m ALSO new to html… Read more »
CHIVAS REGAL LIQUOR TINS More Than a Liquor Tin by Kay Lewis (originally printed in the TIN FAX, August, 1994) What do you see when you look at a liquor tin? These are some of my favorite tins because of the craftsmanship, the colors, the hinged lids, embossing, unusual shapes, and the elegance of gold and silver. But… Read more »
Sanitary Are You Ready for Cholera ? Cholera last year [1884] ravaged portions of the OldWorld. Judging from former visitations of the epidemic, it is probable that itwill appear in this country during the coming summer. Large cities are alreadytheir sanitary conditions, and Congress has established a National Board ofHealth to aid the States in repelling an… Read more »
We would appreciate any tips you may have to clean and restore yourtins. Cleaning Tins by Mike Reilly I went through all of the back issues and found the messages thatcontained replies from readers on the subject of cleaning and maintaining your tincollection. I don’t advocate one cleaning or preservation method overanother. It’s a matter of trial & error… Read more »
The World & Milwaukee Early SanitationHistory – Outhouses, Privies, Scavengers & Sewers or Privileged Privy Prattle by Mike Reilly, copyright 2/19/97 Last Revised 04/20/2010 Back in 1996 the Iowa Antique Bottleers published anarticle in their newsletter describing the duties of a “scavenger”. Ioften wondered if Milwaukee had similar ordinances and names for people whocleaned outhouses or privy vaults… Read more »
