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| Canning Jar Embossed: KERR SELF SEALING TRADE MARK REG. WIDE MOUTH MASON. |
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| Kerr Mason Jar with AHK Mark on the Bottom. |
"Businessman and entrepreneur Alexander Hewitt Kerr (September 4, 1862 – February 9, 1925) organized this company in Portland, Oregon in 1903 under the name Hermetic Fruit Jar Company. The official name was changed in 1904 to Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company. Kerr did not actually manufacture glass during the earliest years but was, more accurately, a sales company/distributor during the period from 1904 to 1909 and had jars made for them (with the Kerr name embossing) by other glass companies.
The first jars made for Kerr were evidently the Kerr - Economy brand jars, and that type was made in the earliest years (c.1903-1909) by Illinois-Pacific Glass Company of San Francisco, and also by the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company (based in Washington, PA and later at Wheeling WV) from 1906 to 1909.
On February 15, 1909, Kerr purchased the Altoona Co-Operative Glass Company of Altoona, Kansas (which had recently gone bankrupt) and within a month or so KERR brand fruit jars were being produced at that location"...
Here is the link for more information.
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation - Maker of Fruit Jars (glassbottlemarks.com)
The most common canning jars I've found on the Treasure Coast are Ball, Presto and Kerr. Also a couple others such as Tropical and Presto.
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