Object Details
- Physical Description
- A chewing gum dispenser. Chrome plated brass box with Centaur symbol over the word "Chase" and USA.
- Summary
- Chewing Gum Dispenser, 1938
- To ease pressure on passengers' ears during climb and descent, stewards on Eastern Air Lines flights in the late 1930s offered chewing gum from elegant polished steel dispensers.
- Gift of John Brisendine
- Credit Line
- Gift of Raymond Oliver.
- Inventory Number
- A19900285000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Food & Food Accessories
- Materials
- Non-magnetic white metal alloy
- Chrome plating
- Celluloid
- Paper
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Closed): 13 × 8.3 × 3.4cm (5 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 1 5/16 in.)
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- America by Air
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19900285000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98e551a82-30fd-40e5-b5cf-3aacb4af6933
