Bernie Bodt has been collecting tokens, labels, pictures and information about the Harford County canning industry since the 1950s. His parents, paternal and maternal (Magness) grandparents were all involved in Harford's canning industry.
As a youngster, he was given tokens from their canning house that he used for "play money". Bernie's research has found 700 canning houses in the county. In 2009 Bernie produced a canning house map for the Historical Society of Harford County.
