BOTTLE, VACUUM
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ZORRO THERMOS
- Date Range From
- 1958
- Date Range To
- 1959
- Materials
- ALUMINUM, GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20000010033
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ZORRO THERMOS
- Date Range From
- 1958
- Date Range To
- 1959
- Materials
- ALUMINUM, GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 15.3
- Diameter
- 8.1
- Description
- METAL, INSULATED THERMOS. MISSING LID. HAS A PICTURE OF ZORRO ON IT WITH SWORD RAISED AGAINST TWO SOLDIERS IN BLUE, RED AND WHITE. THREE MORE SOLDIERS ARE IN BACKGROUND. ALSO IN BACKGROUND IS A BUILDING WITH A LADY ON THE VERANDA. ABOVE THE FIGURE OF ZORRO IS THE WORD "ZORRO" IN RED. PRINTED AT BOTTOM IS "ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, NASHVILLE, TENN., U.S.A.". EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM OF THERMOS IS "MADE BY ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED NASHVILLE, TENN. U.S.A." "US6 NO. 01 HALF PINT ALADDIN REPLACEMENT FILLER". THERE ARE SOME RUST SPOTS ON BOTTOM.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BOTTLE WAS ORIGINALLY MADE AS PART OF A LUNCH KIT, WHICH WAS FLAT STEEL. THE ZORRO KITS WERE MADE IN 1958, 1959 AND 1966, THIS PARTICULAR THERMOS WAS MADE EITHER IN 1958 OR 1959. (INFORMATION CAME DIRECTLY FROM ALADDIN INDUSTRIES IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE). MATERIAL WAS IN DONORS POSSESSION FOR MAX. 5 YEARS. MATERIAL CAME FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES BANK, PRIOR TO DONORS POSSESSION. DONORS COLLECTED MATERIAL WHILE EMPLOYEES AT BANK FOR 6 YEARS, 1990-1996. MATERIAL DONATED AS DONORS CANNOT CARE FOR OR DISPLAY PROPERLY.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000010033
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-08
- Collection
- Museum
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