MATERIAL CULTURE (p 2)
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Food-related
Glass jars and bottles, metal food cans, and fragments of dishes
comprise the largest group of recovered artifacts. Jars and bottles
dating to the camp era are recognizable by their colors and by their
finishes, which were designed for crown caps, corks, and stoppers
rather than screw tops. A glass stopper from a pre-1920s Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire bottle stopper was found on the lower terrace
of locus 4, where the kitchens and mess hall were probably located.
Food cans include fish/sardine cans and a Cudahy Packaging meat
can that, according to company information, contained creamed or
chipped beef—a common military ration. Among the ceramic sherds,
the most noteworthy are those stamped with the U.S. Army Medical
insignia. Two conjoining sherds with this mark are from a saucer.
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Glass stopper from a Lea & Perrins worchestershire
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Two bottles and a jar that may have contained
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A fish can and a meat can. »Enlarge
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Porcelain sherds. The conjoining sherds at
left bear the U.S. Army Medical Corps insignia. »Enlarge
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