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BOTTLE, VACUUM

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
THERMOS
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
STAINLESS STEEL, GLASS, CORK
Catalogue Number
P19970041179
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
THERMOS
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
STAINLESS STEEL, GLASS, CORK
No. Pieces
2
Height
31.7
Diameter
9.8
Description
CYLINDRICAL STAINLESS STEEL THERMOS WITH RED PLASTIC MOUTH. BODY OF THERMOS HAS HORIZONTAL RIBBING. STAMPED INTO BOTTOM OF THERMOS IS "THERMOS" BRAND NAME WITH "BOTTLE NO.2484" AND "THE AMERICAN THERMOS PRODUCTS CO." DRIED LUMP OF GREEN CHEWING GUM IS STUCK ON BASE. TAPERED CORK PLUG FILLS MOUTH OF THERMOS.
Subjects
FOOD SERVICE T&E
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
THERMOS WAS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM USED BY THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY AT SLOCAN AND COALDALE. NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF B.C. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
Catalogue Number
P19970041179
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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