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That's the tin from a Velox patch kit for sewup tires. We sold those in the shop I worked in in in the early 1980's; your specimen may be earlier or later but I don't know by how much. It came with glue, patches, needle, stout linen thread wrapped on a cardboard bobbin, a little chromed steel cheese grater and a yellow plastic thimble.
I think I have one, and there may even be something in it. Can't speak for the glue, though.