Wire bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A Miller Brewing Company wire bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The silver tone bottle opener is constructed from a single piece of thin metal rod that has been roughly bent into a T-shape with a pentagonal shaped top and triangular handle. The pentagonal top of the bottle opener has three, interior, flattened tabs, at the top and the sides, that are designed to remove to bottle caps. The triangular bottle opener handle has been flattened and stamped with text on both sides. Text on one side reads [MILLER BREWING COMPANY] and [MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN]. Text on the other side reads [Miller] in cursive script and [HIGH LIFE BEER / VAUGHAN / CHICAGO]. The rod is soldered together at the bottom of the handle.

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗