deacdiggler
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That list is from the late (post WWII) 1940's or 1950s. Supermarkets with that variety of stuff weren't common until after WWII. The original of this said it was 80 years old. That would make it a WWII time frame. Spare metal for this wasn't around. Every ounce of available metal was going to war production. I suspect more like 70 - 75 years. Post war, no metal restrictions, supermarkets family common.
Oh, and noodles refers to egg noodles like those in chicken noodle soup and tuna noodle casserole. Spaghetti was spaghetti or pasta, having been in America since colonial days. Thomas Jefferson was a big fan of the stuff. He imported it for his own use.
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