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Description: Physical Description; Square metal container.; General History; The bread tin was designed to keep the doughboy's ration of hard bread dry; earlier bread rations were packaged in cardboard containers which became soggy and ruined the contents.

ID Number: 2002.0044.01
accession number: 2002.0044
catalog number: 2002.0044.01

Object Name: canister, bread

Physical Description: tin (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in x 8 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 20.32 cm x 5.715 cm

Associated Place: United States

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Exhibition: Price of Freedom
Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

National Museum of American History

related event: World War I; The Emergence of Modern America

Record ID: nmah_1313560

Metadata Usage (text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-1cc0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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