Brooklyn · NYC landmark
Somers Brothers Tinware Factory
238-246 3rd Street, 365-379 3rd Avenue, and 232-236 3rd Street (aka 361-363 3rd Avenue) · Brooklyn, New York City
A tin-container factory shows how printed metal packaging developed before plastic containers became common.
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NYFE Summary
The Somers brothers printed pictures directly onto tinplate sheets, then cut and shaped the metal into containers. This replaced the need for separate paper labels. Their factory made packaging for many products before plastic and aluminum containers became common.
The long brick wings meet at a taller corner pavilion, with arches and bands of contrasting brick around the windows. American Can absorbed the company in 1901. The complex now houses artists, makers and cultural businesses as the Old American Can Factory.
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