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Small ceramic jug that was probably created as a souvenir by the McCormick Distillery of Weston, Missouri. Paper label advertises "BOTTOMS UP! / 200 Proof Water / from / Cheyenne Bottoms." It was used in a 1986 campaign calling attention to the endangered Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands, located northeast of Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas.
Creator: McCormick Distilling Company
Date: 1986
Item Number: 225129
Call Number: 2010.40.1
KSHS Identifier: 2010.40.1
Collections - Museum
Date - 1980s - 1986
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Environmental movement
Objects and Artifacts - Distribution & Transportation Artifacts - Container - Jug
Places - Cities and towns - Great Bend
Places - Counties - Barton
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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