Plastic Cup
date: label: Date made
content: 1932
name: label: maker
content: American Cyanamid Company
notes: label: Description
content: Plastic cup with label reading "The Famous Orphan Annie Ovaltine Mug / 1932." The inscription on the bottom reads “Beetleware / Mfd / exclusively for / The Wander Co., Chicago / makers of / Ovaltine.” Ovaltine was developed in Switzerland in the early years of the 20th century. The Wander Co., of Chicago, began manufacturing this milk additive in 1926, and advertised it on the popular radio program, Little Orphan Annie, in 1931-1940. Beetleware was a product of American Cyanamid.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0538.24
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0538.24
label: accession number
content: 1983.0538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cup
label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: mouth: 76 mm; x 3 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 95 mm x 57 mm; 3 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 9 in; 9.525 cm x 22.86 cm