The April, 1922, edition of the Wholesale Grocery Review included a reprint of a poem from the Honolulu, Hawaii, Advertiser, written on the occasion of Canned Foods Week. It’s a good list of foods that were commonly canned in the early 20th century, and most of the brands listed are still around. Note the inclusion of Australian jams on the list of foods–Hawaii is a long way from the continental US, so Hawaii was likely getting a lot of its food from other countries.  Fittingly, the poem ends with Hawaii’s most commonly-canned food, which we today can usually get fresh.

The Campbells are coming!—-We mean the canned soups!
Carnation cows are mooing in well contented troops!
The eagle soars to Alpine heights, inspired by the band
That leads the armored forces of food goods that are canned!
Canned Foods Week will open in Hawaii on March first!
There’ll be a grand procession of tintanked Wienerwurst!
Del Monte, Ess-and-Doubleyou, and other packs of peas,
Will flaunt their trade mark labels, like banners to the breeze.
Khan O’Pener will monarch be for seven canny days,
And every true A-Merry-Can will sing a tinkling praise;
A great parade of corn and beans, and squash and rich mincemeat.
Will call the city’s populace to pack each public street.
Tin Lizzies will bear flivver floats of tinned Australian jams,
And trucks, piled high with canned corned beef, will block the rapid trams;
There’ll be peaches, kippered herrings, asparagus in tanks,
Borne proudly on our thoroughfares by advertising ranks.
Howe’er we venture to assert, though salmon and sardines
Get honorable mention in these exhibition scenes.
The big sensation of the show, according to all signs,
Will be that sweet pineapple treat—Hawaii’s golden pines!

Source: “Canned Food Romancing,” Wholesale Grocery Review, April 1922, 20.