Tin can used as a cup
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Given to Annya and Israel Sheynman by Italian troops. Saved throughout war by Annya and Israel Sheynman.
- Date
-
received:
1939
- Geography
-
received:
Ukraine
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Abram Sheynman
- Markings
- "AM/1939" impressed in to bottom of can
- Contributor
-
Subject:
Annya Sheynman
Subject: Israel Sheynman
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Metal containers
- Object Type
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Tin cans (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Round, lightweight; body of the can appears to be one sheet of tin soldered together at seam (can be seen on inside of can); open at top; bottom is soldered; three impressed concentric circles create ridge effect.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.640 inches (6.706 cm) | Width: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The can was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Abram Sheynman, the son of Annya and Israel Sheynman.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:39
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn9854
