Infant Feeder
date: label: date made
content: mid-late 1960s
name: label: maker
content: Evenflo Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Glass infant feeder with four rectangular sides. The words "HOSPITAL FORMULA BOTTLE" are embossed around the base. The word "EVENFLO" is embossed vertically on one side. Evenflo began manufacturing baby feeding products in Ravenna, Ohio in the 1920s. By 1940 it was advertising as “The Modern Nursing Unit” and “Babies Nurse Better with this scientific Evenflo nurser.”
label: Description
content: The National Baby's Formula Service was established in 1963 to provide infant formula in sterile ready-to-serve bottles to Chicago area hospitals; in 1966 it expanded to home delivery service.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Ohio, Coshocton
topic: label: Subject
content: Infant & Children's Products - Pediatrics
label: associated subject
content: Infant Feeding
label: associated subject
content: Infant Nutrition
label: associated subject
content: Infant Care
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sara Jean Binder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0384.21
label: accession number
content: 2016.0384
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0384.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: infant feeder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (bottle material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (cap material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 11/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 22.098 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm