VINTAGE 1940S “OVER THE TOP” STEEL BOTTLE OPENER 3 1/2" MADE IN USA BY THE VAUGHAN CO. OF CHICAGO. THE VAUGHAN COMPANY MAUFACTURED THESE OVER THE TOP OPENERS FOR USE AS PROMOTIONAL ITEMS FOR VARIOUS COMPANIES. THIS FEATURED VINTAGE OPENER WAS MADE FOR THE “BECK & HILLESLAND ESSO SERVICE” MOST LIKELY AS A GIVEAWAY GIFT FOR A GRAND OPENING TPYE OF EVENT FOR THEIR ESSO SERVICE STATION LOCATED ON ROUTE 422 IN MYERSTOWN PA. UP UNTIL THE EARLY 1960’S SERVICE STATION GRAND OPENING EVENTS WERE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WHERE ITEMS SUCH AS THIS OPENER WERE OFFERED TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS TO THE GRAND OPENING. THIS VINTAGE COLLECTORS ITEM IS IN MINT CONDITION.