Gumball Machine
date: label: Date made
content: 1910
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Vending machines debuted in the United States in 1888 when the Thomas Adams Gum Company installed machines in subway platforms in New York City. These machines dispensed stick or block shaped gum. It wasn’t until 1907 that the first gumball vending machine was introduced. The one shown here dates from 1909.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Community Life Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0205
label: catalog number
content: 65.205
label: accession number
content: 256660
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Gumball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 8 in; 50.8 cm x 20.32 cm