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.