Comments: This interesting
patriotic tin features the "Statue of Liberty" on the lift
off lid and was manufactured in the 1930's for "Loose-Wiles
biscuit Co." to hold 2lb 8oz of their assorted biscuits.
The statue was a gift from France in 1886 to commemorate the
"Centenary of the American Declaration of Independence", it was
designed by "Frédéric Bartholdi" and the internal structure
was engineered by "Alexandre Gustave Eiffel"; who in
1887-1889 designed the famous tower in Paris! The 151 foot 1 inch
statue is composed of 200,000 pounds of copper sheeting over an
steel frame and it stands on top of a 154 foot base on Liberty
Island in New York Harbor.
The eight sides of the tin depict "Signing of the Constitution"
1787, "Pioneers moving westward" early 1800's, "The
meeting of the railroads" 1869, "Daniel Boone in Kentucky"
1775-1783, "DeWitt Clinton opening the Erie Canal" 1825,"Lewis
and Clark Expedition" 1804 -1806, "Early steamboats on
the Mississippi" early 1800's and "The Gold Rush of 1849". To
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