Baby Bottle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1948 - 1952
name: label: maker
content: Seamless Rubber Company, The
notes: label: Description
content: Glass bottle with paper label that reads in part “EVEREADY / complete sanitary feeding set / LIFT THE CAP / FEED THE BABY.” An inscription on the bottom reads "SEAMLESS. . ."
label: Description
content: Charles Goodyear discovered a way to vulcanize rubber in 1844. In 1877, inspired in part by a newborn child and leaky bottles, Charles Longdon developed a way to make seamless rubber products. His success led to the establishment of the Seamless Rubber Company in New Haven, Ct.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Haven
topic: label: Subject
content: Infant & Children's Products - Pediatrics
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content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0279.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0279.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nursing Bottle
label: Object Name
content: infant feeder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: amber (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: molded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 cm x 5.5 cm x 5 cm; 7 7/8 in x 2 3/16 in x 1 15/16 in