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Hand-wrought communal iron drinking cup with attached chain. The cup was attached to a rock by the Sulphur Spring public spring near Fort Scott around 1800 and saw continuous use until communal drinking cups were banned by the Kansas State Board of Health in 1909. The cup was replaced by a sanitary drinking fountain on November 1, 1911. Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine, Director of the Board of Health, used the cup in his public health and sanitation campaigns, and it was later displayed at the Paper Cup and Container Institute in New York.
Date: between 1800 and 1920
Item Number: 318746
Call Number: 1958.147.1
KSHS Identifier: 1958.147.1
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Public Health
Community Life - Community services - Public health
Date - 1800-1819
Date - 1850s
Date - 1861-1869
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Board of Health, Kansas State
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Food Service - Cup
People - Notable Kansans - Crumbine, Samuel Jay, 1862-1954
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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