Sujet

Bully beef can opener, 1914-1918. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Bully beef or corned beef is meat made from minced salt-cured brisket of beef in gelatin. The word 'bully' possibly comes from the French "bouilli" (boiled), as French troops ate boiled beef in Napoleonic times. Tins of bully beef featured in the rations of armies until the Second World War. Cow-shaped can opener that is made of metal and painted black. A large L-shaped blade is attached by screw to the body of the knife. Above the knife's blade is a cow's head in metal. The body of the blade is curved and loops back on itself in the shape of a tail.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A78_211

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

132,3Mo (2,3Mo) / 68,1cm x 48,7cm / 8046 x 5747 (300dpi)

Mots clés

food people black technology country tools equipment tool museum color decoration decorative military war meat location Armed Forces century beef first world war concept opener African American African-American afro-american Army warfare can opener United States of America Colour World War I WWI Tin Opener World War One 1910s 20th century corned beef rations heritage American America USA 1st World War WW1 object united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC paint on metal can openers bully beef