Post by archaeologist on Jul 6, 2013 18:38:51 GMT -5
Dear can experts,
While repairing a sinkhole next to my house today, I dug out a Pepsi can from a bygone era. I can't find it in the Can Museum, so I thought I'd post it here and see if an expert can identify it. I'm particularly keen to date it so that I can know how long the sinkhole has been there. My guess is that the can is from the early to mid 80's, since the design looks vaguely familiar (I'm 36).
I've taken five photos and will post them as replies to this original message.
Other details:
* I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; the can is probably Canadian, as there would not have been many tourists in my neighbourhood in the 1980's.
* The can has a large (2/3rd of the height of the can) "PEPSI" logo on one side (in what I think of as the "traditional" Pepsi logo, though I guess that means the one I grew up with) and a "PEPSI-COLA" log on the other side.
* It says "355 mL" under both logos.
* The top has what seems like an unusual or archaic tab system, with one little hole and one medium-sized hold. (THe tab itself, if there was one, is not present.)
* Along one side there's a barcode and it says "Contains: Carbonated Water, Sugar, Color, Phosphoric & Citric Acids, Caffeine, Flavor." (Note American spelling of "color" and "flavor.") Underneath it the same ingredients in French.
* Along the other side it says (all caps) "Under auth. of - avec aut. de Pepsi-Cola Canada Ltd - Ltee, Toronto, Ont. Registered User Usager inscrit."
MANY thanks to anybody who can help me out! Sorry the can is in (understatement of the year) less than mint condition!
Yours,
Archaeologist
While repairing a sinkhole next to my house today, I dug out a Pepsi can from a bygone era. I can't find it in the Can Museum, so I thought I'd post it here and see if an expert can identify it. I'm particularly keen to date it so that I can know how long the sinkhole has been there. My guess is that the can is from the early to mid 80's, since the design looks vaguely familiar (I'm 36).
I've taken five photos and will post them as replies to this original message.
Other details:
* I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; the can is probably Canadian, as there would not have been many tourists in my neighbourhood in the 1980's.
* The can has a large (2/3rd of the height of the can) "PEPSI" logo on one side (in what I think of as the "traditional" Pepsi logo, though I guess that means the one I grew up with) and a "PEPSI-COLA" log on the other side.
* It says "355 mL" under both logos.
* The top has what seems like an unusual or archaic tab system, with one little hole and one medium-sized hold. (THe tab itself, if there was one, is not present.)
* Along one side there's a barcode and it says "Contains: Carbonated Water, Sugar, Color, Phosphoric & Citric Acids, Caffeine, Flavor." (Note American spelling of "color" and "flavor.") Underneath it the same ingredients in French.
* Along the other side it says (all caps) "Under auth. of - avec aut. de Pepsi-Cola Canada Ltd - Ltee, Toronto, Ont. Registered User Usager inscrit."
MANY thanks to anybody who can help me out! Sorry the can is in (understatement of the year) less than mint condition!
Yours,
Archaeologist
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