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OBJECT TYPE: COLD & HOT LIQUIDS
DATE: 1926
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0373.001

MANUFACTURER: Landers, Frary & Clark
MODEL: STANLEY SUPER VAC
LOCATION: New Britain, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 10-57/9-53
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal body and lid.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 27.0 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Height: 27.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Services
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Landers
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: New Britain

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Contained icewater provided for passengers of Pullman railway cars.
Technical: Item has not been in use for the past 30 years having been phased out with the introduction of more modern cars.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ENGRAVING ON BOTTLE READS: ‘PULLMAN'/ ENGRAVING ON BASE READS: ‘STANLEY SUPER VAC/ IT WILL NOT BREAK/ LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK/ NEW BRITAIN, CONN/ MADE IN U.S.A./ STANLEY INSULATING DIV./ FOR COLD LIQUIDS/ FILL BOTTLE WITH ICE WATER LET STAND 3 MINUTES AND POUR OUT THEN FILL WITH COLD LIQUIDS/ FOR HOT LIQUIDS FILL BOTTLE WITH BOILING WATER LET STAND 3 MINUTES AND POUR OUT THEN FILL WITH HOT LIQUIDS/ AFTER USING FILL BOTTLE WITH WATER WASH CORK IN BOILING WATER/ TO STERILIZE - LET STAND 5 MINUTES AND POUR OUT THEN LAY ON SIDE TO DRY WITH CORK OUT/ ALSO ENGRAVED ‘U.S.A. Patents No. 1071817 - No. 1691912/ Patented in foreign countries other patents pending'/ SERIAL NOS. ‘10-57' AND ‘9-53' ALSO STAMPED INTO BASE OF RESPECTIVE FLASK.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Nickel plated metal.
Decoration: N/A

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Landers, Frary & Clark, Flask, circa 1926, Artifact no. 1986.0373, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0373.001/

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