Nursing bottle. Clear, molded glass cylindrical bottle. Includes manufacturer markings: "CLEANEASY SANITARY STERILIZER -- Whitall TATUM COMPANY" and "W.T. CO. -- 8." The glass company Whitall Tatum Co. was established in Millville, New Jersey in 1806 by James Lee who originally called it Eagle Glass Works. The original factory made window glass,...
Contributor:
Whitall Tatum Company, Millville, New Jersey (Manufacturer)
Created:
1901 - 1924?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Nursing bottle. Clear blue molded glass banana-shaped infant feeder; body of feeder rests on one flat side; top side is convex and made up of 5 distinct facets; short, rounded neck curves upward from body.
Created:
1875 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Nursing bottle. Long, thin cylindrical clear glass bottle; contains 12 ounce graduated scale. Includes manufacturer markings: "W. T. CO. -- A." The glass company Whitall Tatum Co. was established in Millville, New Jersey in 1806 by James Lee who originally called it Eagle Glass Works. The original factory made window glass, but quickly expanded ...
Contributor:
Whitall Tatum Company, Millville, New Jersey (Manufacturer)
Created:
1901 - 1924?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Nursing bottle. Blown glass submarine-shaped bottle with hole on the upper portion of feeder, and a short spout with a rounded lip on the other end. To use the device, the person feeding the baby would have stopped the upper hole with their thumb or boxwood or cork stopper, then attached a nipple to the spout.
Created:
1801 - 1850?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Nursing bottle. Clear, molded glass rectangular bottle with an image of a crawling baby on one side and an 8 ounce graduated scale on the other. Includes manufacturer markings: "P -- 1."
Created:
1920 - 1970?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Nursing bottle. Clear molded glass turtle-shaped Siphonia-style nursing bottle; oval body that is convex on one side and rests on the flat back; bottle neck angled away from the body; cork stopper lodged in the neck and topped with a black-painted [wooden?] cap; thin glass tube approximately 10 cm in length threads through the cap.
Created:
1875 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.