Drinking Cup

Drinking Cup

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Description
Paper drinking cup with “The / Purifold Asceptic / Paper / Drinking Cup” and “MADE BY / BURNITOL MFG. CO. / 39-49 SUDBURY ST. BOSTON” inscriptions.
Ref: Burnitol Manufacturing Co. ads in Journal of the Outdoor Life 5 (1908).
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
drinking cup
date made
ca 1908
maker
Burnitol Manufacturing Company
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
paraffin wax (overall material)
Measurements
cup: 2 3/8 in x 3 11/16 in x 1/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 9.36625 cm x.635 cm
packet: 4 1/2 in x 3 in x 3/8 in; 11.43 cm x 7.62 cm x.9525 cm
ID Number
2012.0165.889.02
catalog number
2012.0165.889.02
accession number
2012.0165
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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