Alexander H. Kerr established the Hermetic Fruit Jar Company in 1903 in Portland, Oregon. The earliest Kerr Jars were made by Illinois Pacific Glass Company and Hazel Atlas Company. Kerr invented the first wide-mouth jar. The business later became known as the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company.The Albertina Kerr Center in Portland has a long history of aiding children as well as people with developmental disabilities.
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10 comments:
Awesome! I like how you captured the jars close up!
Well done and a nice local angle too..:-)
Great post. I dealt with lots of canning jars with summer. :)
I like companies who are not just for money making.
Good on this company.
You do much bottling?
Well done..and the history was interesting too! :)
Nice photo and you gave me some info about my canning jars that I didn't know!
nice post, am always n love with a piece of information with every post......
Had/have a few of those in my house. Nice picture and history.
Loved this local history and excellent photo!
We have so many Kerr + Ball jars in our home...the jobs after many!
The domestic wench in me wants to go can something...
BUT im going to enjoy your photos instead! :p
We have found Kerrs canning jars in old homestead junk piles while cruising; its amazing how tough and resilient these jars are!
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