Tin cup
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
notes: label: Description
content: Tin cups were typically a part of any Union soldier's mess kit. This cup was an innovative idea of Augustus Hayes. It was made out of a soup can and the words "Cup made and used by Augustus B. Hayes during the Civil War U.S.A." were inscribed on the bottom.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hayes A. Newby and Nannette Newby Warner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0916.04
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0916.04
label: accession number
content: 1979.0916
label: catalog number
content: 85809M
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm