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- "Pasteurized-Pure" Drinking Water Carton Used on the Santa Fe Railroad - Chartered in 1859, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected Chicago with southern California via the southwestern United States. This carton, which contained drinking water, was likely distributed to Santa Fe work crews. It featured the railroad's logo, an illustration of a worker alongside a railroad track, and a reminder to be safe on the job.
- Collections - Artifact
"Pasteurized-Pure" Drinking Water Carton Used on the Santa Fe Railroad
Chartered in 1859, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected Chicago with southern California via the southwestern United States. This carton, which contained drinking water, was likely distributed to Santa Fe work crews. It featured the railroad's logo, an illustration of a worker alongside a railroad track, and a reminder to be safe on the job.
- Canned Drinking Water, 1945-1955 - The threat of nuclear annihilation hung over American society throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s. The expectation was that people could actually survive a nuclear attack. People constructed fallout shelters in their basements and backyards across the country, and they were warned to stock food and water (like this can) to last seven days in case of attack.
- 1945-1955
- Collections - Artifact
Canned Drinking Water, 1945-1955
The threat of nuclear annihilation hung over American society throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s. The expectation was that people could actually survive a nuclear attack. People constructed fallout shelters in their basements and backyards across the country, and they were warned to stock food and water (like this can) to last seven days in case of attack.
- "Maker's Mark Distillery at Star Hill Farm" Water Bottle, 2024 -
- 2024
- Collections - Artifact
"Maker's Mark Distillery at Star Hill Farm" Water Bottle, 2024
- Postcard, "Mexican Water Wagon," circa 1915 -
- circa 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Mexican Water Wagon," circa 1915
- Water Pitcher by Krosno, 2013 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 2013
- Collections - Artifact
Water Pitcher by Krosno, 2013
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Civil Defense Drinking Water Carton, 1961-1971 -
- 1961-1971
- Collections - Artifact
Civil Defense Drinking Water Carton, 1961-1971