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1978.141.3.JPG
Photograph of a scale used for weighing eggs.

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1984.3.1.JPG
Photograph of an egg candler, used for illuminating an egg to view its fertility.

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1978.141.2.JPG
Photograph of an egg candler, used for illuminating an egg to view its fertility.

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Advertisements for later versions of Coyle cartons, manufactured in Toronto (top) and Vancouver (bottom).

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Advertisement for Coyle egg safety cartons, manufactured at Halstead Street in Chicago.

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News article on Joseph Coyle's invention of an egg carton-making machine.

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Joseph Coyle's original egg carton design, patent #181662.

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Telkwa Hotel proprietor Jack McNeil (left) and farmer Gabriel Lacroix (right), whose argument over broken eggs is said to have inspired Joseph Coyle to invent the egg carton.

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Cropped photo showing the Coyle family.
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