Wire bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: before 1984
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Vaughan Novelty Manufacturing Company, American, 1910 - 1984
label: Distributed by
content: Miller Brewing Company, American, founded 1855
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A Miller Brewing Company wire bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The silver tone bottle opener is constructed from a single piece of thin metal rod that has been roughly bent into a T-shape with a pentagonal shaped top and triangular handle. The pentagonal top of the bottle opener has three, interior, flattened tabs, at the top and the sides, that are designed to remove to bottle caps. The triangular bottle opener handle has been flattened and stamped with text on both sides. Text on one side reads [MILLER BREWING COMPANY] and [MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN]. Text on the other side reads [Miller] in cursive script and [HIGH LIFE BEER / VAUGHAN / CHICAGO]. The rod is soldered together at the bottom of the handle.
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: bottle openers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 9/16 × 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (9 × 3.6 × 0.4 cm)