Oyster Cans from Various States

Oyster Boat Oysters - Philadelphia, PA - PA 336 - $1,450

The Oyster Boat can was packed by Delaware Seafood Co., Inc out of Philadelphia, one of the handful of cans that came out of Pennsylvania. This can is very rare and very hard to find. It is in good shape but does have some wear on the side and some small marks and creases here and there. The front and back of the can are nice and display well.

Seapure Oysters Gallon - Greenport, Long Island, NY - NY 1 - $125

Very clean overall, no dents, only a few spots of discoloration. Believed to be the last iteration of the Seapure gallon cans packed by Lester & Toner, Inc. which was a very old company, as evidence by its packing number of NY 1.

Purebay Oysters - Warren, RI - RI 6 - $825

This is a very hard to come by can was packed by B.J. Rooks & Son out of Rhode Island, and is one of a handful of Rhode Island cans known, as evidenced by its low permit number. It is in good condition for being such an old can, and does have some rust speckling throughout. I have only seen a handful of these cans and it is very scarce.

Booth's Fresh Oysters - Chicago, IL - $575

Booth Fisheries Company was a huge distributor of many kinds of foods starting in the late 1800s and continuing on into the mid 1900s at least. Based in Chicago, they had branches all over the country, with many being on the east coast focusing on distributing seafood. This is a very old bail handle can from Booth. It is in good condition for is age, with a few rubs and creases here and there. It has a flat bottom and no packing number. The embossed recessed lid reads "The Shaeffer-Black Co. - Mediums". I have never seen this lid before.

Seapure Oysters - Greenport, Long Island, NY - NY 1 - $125

These two cans, a half gallon and a pint, from Lester and Toner are in very nice condition, only a few marks here and there.

Daufuski Brand Oysters Pint - Savannah, GA - $100

This pint is in really nice condition, no dents or dings.

Diamond Point Oysters - New York, NY - NY 24 - $2,700

Very early and very very rare gallon here from George M. Still Inc. in New York, NY. There are only a handful of cans packed in New York, and this is one of the best looking of those. The paint is still bright and glossy with only a few marks and some wear around the bottom edge of the can. No dents, dings, or rust, and it has its correct top which is different from any other oyster can I have seen.

Famous Booth Foods Oysters Pint - Chicago, IL - $175

This pint is really nice, just a very small amount of wear here and there. The Atlantic Coast part of the can is whited out and Pacific Coast is stamped over top of that. Neat graphics on this Booth can, which was a huge company in it's heyday with affiliated seafood and vegetable processing locations all over the country.