You might want to post in either cooking or the kitchen table. Not really an antiques type question. I made my first kraut this year and most of the instructions mentioned ventilation. Until the whole thing stops fermenting which at that time you probably have only vinegar loose lids were suggested. Without those gaskets as long as you are careful and keep the jars upright those glass lids without the gaskets would do that. It might be possible to trade one for a box or more of current ones.

The rubber seals may have already be at the point where if you pull on them they break. Not something that is still usable.

The selling price for those old jars has so much variables it's hard to say with out better pictures and more research.
But I believe you need the zinc lids to be able to use the rubber gaskets....however those gaskets are great to put under a throw rug to keep it from slipping!!
The ones bringing about $10 and up are the pints....but I sure would just use the quart jars. The date on them is a patent date not a manufacture date.
I love using old things for their intended purpose!

I have a number of old blue jars, but I would never use them for canning. I do use them for storage however.

I would not can in something that old. I'm sure they were made well before pressure canners were available, and even a water-bath canner builds up pressure in a jar, so probably still dangerous.

I would use them for storage, or just display. I don't know about values, but I believe half-pint jars are the most valuable.

Home canning by pressure cooker was approved as the only safe method by the USDA in 1917 so home pressure canners were available when these jars were made. The pressure release valve for home processing was not until later.

I do agree about using for storage of all types other than in the freezer.

I also have several of those old blue jars, but they aren't rare, most are just old. There are a few notable exceptions, like the "upside down" jar. If you can find someone to give you money for them, sell them, they are easily replaceable, although the pints are more rare than the quarts and yours do seem to be in very good shape. There's some kind of "swap meet" annually, I think in Indiana, so there are probably more throughout the country. I know there are often specimens for sale on ebay, although "being for sale" and actually being sold are vastly different.

I do use mine for storage of things like rice, beans, dehydrated onions and garlic, wheat berries, quinoa. They are easier than keeping half a bag of rice or an opened box of quinoa, I can see the contents and it's easy to pour from them. Plus it looks tidier on the shelf. I don't can with them or freeze them, I use them strictly for dry storage.

I have a vast collection of old jars and have no idea what they are worth. I have Atlas and Mom's, Ball and Kerr, Presto and Magic Button. I have an old Corona jar with the glass insert and metal ring. The real worth in those jars is the interest it sparks in my Grandson, he spends hours on the internet (thus staying out of trouble), looking for information on all those jars, LOL.

Annie

Older colored Mason jars have tested positive for lead. I would not use them for food.

I have a handful of old jars- I use them for dry storage. I wouldn't can in them. So much fun you have glass lids too :)

I have a few of those and the old zinc lids. I use them for unconventional keeping and display of some odd, vintage sentimental items.

I have more modern jars for canning.

I have a couple I use for dry storage - nuts, seeds, legumes & grains, etc. - like the others have mentioned. I think the color is so pretty.

I use glass jars for almost all my storage.