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Paper sanitary drinking cup. Folds flat. The Kansas State Board of Health, under the leadership of Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine, banned the use of common drinking cups in 1909. The P. & O. Manufacturing Company of Ohio registered a Pennsylvania charter for its Pittsburgh operations sometime between 1907 and 1909, and merged into the Public Health Supply Company in 1910.
Creator: P. & O. Manufacturing Company
Date: between 1907 and 1910
Item Number: 318740
Call Number: 1910.5.1
KSHS Identifier: 1910.5.1
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Public Health
Date - 1900s - 1907
Date - 1900s - 1908
Date - 1900s - 1909
Date - 1910s - 1910
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 - Other States - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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