Quassia cup. Lathe-turned wooden cup with a pedestal base and cylindrical body with flared lip. Quassia cups were used to steep water in overnight, creating a bitter tonic that was said to promote appetite, assist digestion, and even reduce fever. The shrub that contains the wood that these cups were made out of originated in Suriname and was in...
Created:
1850 - 1900?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Quassia cup. Lathe-turned wooden cup with a pedestal base, thin neck, and cup-shaped body that tapers toward the base. Quassia cups were used to steep water in overnight, creating a bitter tonic that was said to promote appetite, assist digestion, and even reduce fever. The shrub that contains the wood that these cups were made out of originated...
Created:
1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Quassia cup. Lathe-turned wooden cup with a pedestal base and cylindrical body with flared lip. Quassia cups were used to steep water in overnight, creating a bitter tonic that was said to promote appetite, assist digestion, and even reduce fever. The shrub that contains the wood that these cups were made out of originated in Suriname and was in...
Created:
1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
The Royal Couple and various officials standing in the lobby of the Burroughs Strathleven, Scotland, facility. Included in the entourage are Burroughs' President, John S. Coleman (on the queen's left), and Strathleven Factory Manager, James T. FitzGerald (far left of the image). April 16, 1953
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Queen Elizabeth leans forward to examine one of the "baby" calculators while John S. Coleman, Burroughs President (on her right), explains some of the machine's features. Strathleven Factory Manager, James T. Fitzgerald, stands on the queen's left. April 16, 1953
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The queen looks on as workers test Adding machines and calculators during her tour through Department 32 of the Burroughs Strathleven facility. April 16, 1953.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Mr. Coleman and Mr. FitzGerald watch the queen's reaction to a display of eight Adding machines and calculators in Department 5 of the Strathleven facility.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Queen Elizabeth II looks on as three Burroughs employees assemble Adding machines and calculators. A variety of officials escorting the queen can be seen around her, and obstruct a view of the rest of the factory interior. Burroughs President, John S. Coleman stands at the far left. April 16, 1953
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
