For sale is a vintage 1930s JUSTRITE SAFETY CAN from the Justrite Manufacturing Company, Chicago. This superb gas can has a brass maker’s mark which and Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. inspection number. The can is marked with a patent number 1954983 which was filed in 1934. This heavy duty gas can is rust free and the integrity of the metal is still good. This rare two gallon size can measures about 13 inches tall and the base of the can measures 9 1/2 inches diameter. This awesome can is a great petroliana collectible.
In 1906, Justrite Manufacturing Company was established to sell industrial safety equipment and needlework tools including crochet hooks, knitting pins and tatting shuttles. Augie L. Hansen was an inventor for the company and held patents for a tatting shuttle, thread guide, and various safety equipment such as acetylene and electric lamps for miners. The company discontinued its needlework tool line during World War II as was common for companies in order to scale up production of items necessary for the war and to make more raw materials available for the war effort.
