The Silver Surfer Slurpee Cup
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: maker
content: Southland Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Southland Corporation’s chain of 7-Eleven convenience stores is known for proprietary products like the Big Gulp® fountain soft drinks, Big Bite® hot dogs, and Slurpee® beverages, a sweet, semi-frozen, flavored drink. 7-Eleven promoted Slurpees with limited-edition cup designs to appeal to kids and teens and to encourage repeat business. These collectible plastic cups from 1975 feature Marvel comic book characters. The 10 designs in the museum’s collection are from a total of 60 in the series and include Captain America, Red Sonja, Dr. Doom, Daredevil, Iron Fist, Falcon, The Vision, Silver Surfer, Black Panther, and Cyclops. The 12-oz. size predates the popularity of supersized (1.2 liter) drinks.
label: Description
content: Omar Knedlik invented a machine to make frozen beverages with a slushy consistency in the late 1950s. In 1965, 7-Eleven began a licensing deal with his brand, the ICEE Company, to sell the same product under a different name. 7-Eleven has been selling Slurpees since 1967.
label: Description
content: This plastic Slurpee cup from the 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores was produced in 1975 as one of a series featuring Marvel Comics superheroes. It shows the Silver Surfer character and this quote: AT FIRST I WAS SENT TO EARTH TO DESTROY IT . . . SENT AS THE HERALD OF GALACTUS. BUT HERE I LEARNED THAT MANKIND, THOUGH OFTEN IGNORANT, IS WORTHY OF LIFE . . . WORTHY OF THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE SILVER SURFER!
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Food
label: See more items in
content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0040.09
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0040.09
label: accession number
content: 2012.0040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 3 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 8.255 cm