Drink Metric Mug
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
notes: label: Description
content: During the 1970s, after metric units of measure had been adopted in Canada and Great Britain, some people in the United States advocated adoption of the metric system. One of them was William W. K. Freeman, who owned this mug. Freeman taught at the Tower School in Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1974, he wrote a weekly column in the <i>Salem Gazette</i> entitled “Metric News Notes.”
label: Description
content: The cream-colored mug has brown text that reads: drink metric. A label next to a line near the top reads: 250mL. Below the mark text reads: american (/) national (/) metric (/) council.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Accession File.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Metric System
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Chris Jurkiewicz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.3204.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1992.3204
label: catalog number
content: 1992.3204.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mug
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.6 cm x 11.5 cm x 8 cm; 3 25/32 in x 4 17/32 in x 3 5/32 in