On 2014-06-09 10:37 AM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 21:03:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> the little key operated openers to the huge pop top openers?
>>>>
>>>> I miss the key openers! That was one of my favorite parts!!
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>
>>> I never opened sardines but some other things like that. Ham? Spam?
>>
>> Coffee cans too. Those key opening cans disappeared some 50 years
>> ago.
>> http://preservationinpink.wordpress....ap-coffee-can/
>> http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=VINTAGE+COFFEE+CAN
>
> I'm just old enough to remember when pull tabs on soda/beer cans were
> replaced with the flip tops...
>


I thought that you were my vintage. I remember pop cans needing a can
opener. I am pretty sure that I also remember when pop cans were
introduced. It used to always be sold in bottles. Doing a little
research I gather that cans were first used in the mid 50s for
distribution to troops overseas but Coke introduced canned pop in 1960.

I have a faint recollection of cans with a conical top and screw cap,
but I don't remember if that was used with pop cans or just for beer.