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Up for sale is a beautiful, highly collectible antique cylindrical paint tin featuring a stunning, vibrant lithographed paper label. Boasting exceptional eye appeal with its bold, patriotic Americana theme. The graphics feature a prominent shield, flowing banners, and a field of stars and stripes in classic red, white, and blue hues.
Look closely at the manufacturer's location at the bottom of the label, it is spelled "PITTSBURGH, PA" with the "H" at the end. In 1890, the United States Board on Geographic Names officially changed the spelling to "Pittsburg" (dropping the "H") to standardize place names. This change was highly controversial and was officially reversed back to "Pittsburgh" with the "H" in 1911.
