CEM. Kist Kola here’s refreshment Reg. U.S. Pat. Off., 1939 May 29

The collection consists of twelve photographic negatives and positives on 17 x 14 inch glass plates. The plates were used as an alternative step in the photolithographic process of printing bottle caps, designed for printing 72 caps onto sheet metal stock. They originated in 1939-1945, at the Crown Cork and Seal Company of Baltimore. Included are soda and beer bottle cap designs for companies in Baltimore and elsewhere in Maryland, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, and Cuba.