Dispenser, Beverage
- Object Name:
- Dispenser, Beverage
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.509
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Ice water dispenser, from a soda fountain. Cylindrical clear glass container with removable glass cover. Cover has red rubber gasket. Removable clear glass ice holder. Wire bail handle. Plated metal spigot at bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-16.5 D-12 Dia-9.5 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a group of soda fountain furnishings and equipment, part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugstores, Soda fountains
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