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Bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

1954-1960

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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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 Regal Pale bottle opener and can piercer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The silver tone metal tool features a bottle opener on one side and can piercer on the other. Stamped text on the top of the handle reads [REGAL PALE]. Stamped text of varying sized on the bottom on the handle reads [C.M.I. A.P.P. MOD. – VAUGHAN U.S.A. 54 / One of America’s / 2 great Beers].

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: A2015.273.1.1.8

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