Just look at that stack of lithographed tin plate sheets of Rheingold Girl cans.....

[keithker]

Just look at that stack of lithographed tin plate sheets of Rheingold Girl cans.....

I'd ask Art LaComb to roll each one given that chance.....

[oldindiapaleale]

Is that a 24 can sheet and each of the 6 girls would be on 4 cans per sheet?

Hard to tell from the picture.

[iggyks]

I'm seeing 32, the sheet curves at bottom - i think.

[stringsx24now]

With my bad eyes I am only seeing 16 future cans

[Woody]

Looks like 16 cans per sheet. Now, how many sheets are in that stack is a whole different question. VERY cool photo! Woody

[Joe Older]

So every uncut sheet of cans I've ever seen has been 5 across by 7 down for 35 total cans that could be cut out of the sheet. These sheets are clearly smaller so I'm wondering if they are cut down from the 5 by 7 sheets or did can companies made different sizes? Anyone know the answer?

[oldindiapaleale]

With 6 girls in the contest, and each girl appearing 4 times = 24 cans on a sheet.
If that is not the correct sheet size, then such as 16, 32, 35 would result in some girls getting more, others less.
Kind of like baseball card sheets with single prints and double prints of certain players.
Hard to tell from the picture who is who and how many.
Of the six cans with the contestants are any more common or less common?

[Tinman]

Are we looking at full sheets?, any sheets that I've encountered have been the same brand and label throughout... also, don't recalling seeing such a wide vertical gap between labels... unprinted material is waste in the printing and the steel industry....To me this looks like these plates are all the contestants cut from their original sheets and mounted for a promo shot... that's my guess....

STAY SAFE!

[bodean]

I don't know how lithographs are produced but if you enlarge the image, it looks like there are different Rheingold girls on the sheet displayed. Seems It would be more efficient to produce one Rheingold girl per sheet, so I believe it's staged for the shot. Looks like it's a stack of blanks under it. I say this because it looks like a reflection of the promotional sheet in the stack that is laying flat. Hard to tell. Still a cool shot from the era of cans I collect