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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.18  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Socie ...
Thermos
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.18 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Thermos

Date1962
MediumTin, glass, plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 6 5/8 x 3 1/4in. (16.8 x 8.3cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2011.374.18a-c
DescriptionChild's Thermos with a Dick & Jane motif scrolling around the body. Comes with a red screw top cup with handle and smaller inside screw top. Body shows country scene, with a white house in background and a barn in the foreground with two ponies and a dog. Boy on fence holds a fishing rod in left hand, fish on a string in right hand and he showing the fish to a blonde haired girl in a yellow skirt and blue jacket. Marked on side of canteen: "Thermos".
Status
Not on view
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kugelman, 2012.324.4  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
1960s
Gift of Elizabeth Blakelock, 2014.17.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
mid 20th-late 20th century
Museum purchase, 1995.72.2.3  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
about 1959
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
about 1930s
Museum purchase, 1999.81.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical So ...
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
about 1930s
Gift of the YMCA of Greater Hartford, 2006.109.18  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Edward Saxe
Probably 1963
Museum purchase, 1995.36.1667  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William G. Dudley
1916-1927
Girls Shoes and Original Box
Judith Anne Blakelock
1995
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2007.4.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undet ...
Albert G. Walker
1858