Why is this young lady looking so anxious, whilst her husband fills the radiator with ‘Prestone’ anti-freeze? Maybe because she thinks he’s too late, because the snow is already falling. Anyway, collecting these kind of cans is a serious hobby nowadays, for instance by people like Bas de Voogd, or Mike Berry, better known as the ‘the two-gallon-can man’ who also wrote a booklet about the subject. Of course, when you look for a certain fuel can in particular, just list a wanted advert.

Watercolour by F.T.Steerwood, collection Rutger Booy

February 19, 2005