- Dates
- 1980
- 1990
- circa 1980-1990
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 1987.12.2 a-e
- Description
- Six panel pale blue opaque plastic bottle with manufacturer's name and measurements (metric and imperial) embossed on it; threaded neck to attach rubber nipple, screw cap and cap liner seal; bilingual (English, French) instructions printed on a cardboard sleeve fitted over the bottle.
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- Accession Number
- 1987.12.2 a-e
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Feeding Methods
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Description
- Six panel pale blue opaque plastic bottle with manufacturer's name and measurements (metric and imperial) embossed on it; threaded neck to attach rubber nipple, screw cap and cap liner seal; bilingual (English, French) instructions printed on a cardboard sleeve fitted over the bottle.
- Number Of Parts
- 5
- Part Names
- a – bottle
- b – nipple
- c – screw cap
- d - cap seal disk
- e - cardboard sleeve
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Museum purchase.
- Maker
- Evenflo Canada Inc.
- Site Made (City)
- Brantford
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1980
- 1990
- circa 1980-1990
- Date Remarks
- Purchase date 1987
- Material
- plastic: blue; white
- rubber: brown
- paper: white
- ink: red, tan
- Inscriptions
- Printed on cardboard sleeve: "evenflo // Plastic // Nurser // Guaranteed // Boilable // 8 oz 227 ml // opposite panel with same detail in French // FOR FEEDING: Shoulder of // nipple should be pushed up // through cap ring. Screw cap // ring on bottle medium tight. // Slow down flow of milk by // tightening. // CAUTION: Do not heat in // microwave oven. // This nurser has been made // slightly oversized to allow // for shrinkage caused by // hospital autoclaving or // home hot water sterilization. // Volumetric graduations will // become reasonably accu - // rate and remain so there - // after. Washing with harsh // detergents may cause // nurser to crack. // Inspect nipples frequently. // Replace when soft, sticky or // swollen. Do not put nipples // in microwave oven. // repeat instructions in French // IMPORTED BY // evenflo // CANADA INC. // BRANTFORD, ONTARIO N3T 5V7 // 58679 00006"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- a – bottle - Length 16.3 cm x Diam. 5.4 cm
- b – nipple – Height 4.0 cm x Diam. 3.9 cm
- c – screw cap - Height 1.5 cm x Diam. 4.6 cm
- d - cap seal disk - Height 0.6 cm x Diam. 3.7 cm
- e - cardboard sleeve (flattened): Length 12.0 cm x Width 9.0 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Never used
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Other
- Reference Comments
- 1987.12.1
- Research Facts
- This bottle is also made in opaque pink plastic and clear glass; it is a standard shape that is largely being superseded by the Playtex System of disposable bottle bags.
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact12175
- Dates
- 1895
- 1930
- circa 1900-1930
- Collection
- Kit Wheeler Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 003042001
- Description
- Clear moulded glass double opening 'banana' - shaped infant feeding bottle, with one end bent up, and flat base to keep it stable on a surface; graduated scale on reverse side; originally would include a rubber teat at one opening, and a rubber valve at the other opening (both missing); embossed te…
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- Accession Number
- 003042001
- Collection
- Kit Wheeler Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Feeding Methods
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Description
- Clear moulded glass double opening 'banana' - shaped infant feeding bottle, with one end bent up, and flat base to keep it stable on a surface; graduated scale on reverse side; originally would include a rubber teat at one opening, and a rubber valve at the other opening (both missing); embossed text on reverse are faint in some areas.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Used by Kit Wheeler's father in Belfast, Ireland circa 1898.
- Maker
- Allen & Hanburys Co. Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- London
- Site Made (Country)
- United Kingdom
- Dates
- 1895
- 1930
- circa 1900-1930
- Date Remarks
- Based on donor's remarks
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on bottle front: "The // "Allenburys" // Feeder"; on back: "OUNCES 149 // TABLESPOONS REC.N"; " 0690/23/1359
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- 17.0 cm
- Width
- 7.2 cm
- Depth
- 6.3 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Like new
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- Kit Wheeler, donor; Internet: "Pharmaceutical Society of Australia"
- Research Facts
- Allen & Hanburys were relative latecomers into the feeding bottle market. Their first feeder was an innovative design when introduced in 1895 with features drawn from several sources. The new boat shaped bottle had a wide bent up neck fitted with a pull over teat and a lower opening that protruded the bottle slightly from the body was fitted with a vented rubber plug. The four advantages of the new bottle were listed as: graduations to measure the food; no angular corners to facilitate easier cleaning; no long tube to breed germs and an effective valve to regulate the air flow and prevent colic.
- Allen & Hanburys, a UK pharmaceutical company established in 1715, also produced infant foods and feeding equipment between 1879 and 1958.
- Information on how to prepare ”Allenbury’s Milk Food, attaching teats to and cleaning the ‘Allenbury’s Feeder’ bottle can be found in 009.021.005 ‘Infant Feeding and Management’ by Allen & Hanburys Ltd. April 1923.
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact12176
- Dates
- 1890
- 1900
- circa 1890-1900
- Collection
- Kit Wheeler Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 003042002 a-b
- Description
- Clear glass oval 'turtle-shaped' infant feeding bottle (a) with removeable glass screw cap (b) with opening for tube insertion; tube missing; embossed manufacturer's information on top; mould lines along sides.
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- Accession Number
- 003042002 a-b
- Collection
- Kit Wheeler Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Feeding Methods
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Description
- Clear glass oval 'turtle-shaped' infant feeding bottle (a) with removeable glass screw cap (b) with opening for tube insertion; tube missing; embossed manufacturer's information on top; mould lines along sides.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - bottle
- b - screw cap
- Provenance
- Used by Kit Wheeler's father in Belfast, Ireland circa 1898.
- Maker
- W. R. H. Orr Druggist
- Dates
- 1890
- 1900
- circa 1890-1900
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on bottle: "W. R. H. ORR // FAMILY DRUGGIST // 98, YORK ROAD"; Embossed on bottom of bottle: "GLASS MADE // ABROAD".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- a - 14.5 cm
- Width
- a - 9.5 cm
- Height
- b - 3cm
- Depth
- a - 5.5 cm
- Diameter
- b - 3cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Length with cap in place: 15.5cm
- Condition Remarks
- Interior with minor stain
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- Book
- Reference Comments
- Kit Wheeler, donor; Internet: "Pharmaceutical Society of Australia"; Based on The T. Eaton Co. 1901 Catalogue: "Spring and Summer Catalogue (No. 46) p. 119
- Research Facts
- This style of infant feeders is known as the "turtle shaped, bent neck, long tube bottle typified by the Maws Alexandra Co." and was a well established commercial success for about 20 years. The medical profession had grave doubts about the design since high infant mortality rate was linked with its use, due to bacteria trapped in poorly cleaned rubber feeding tubes and teats.
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact10646
- Dates
- 1890
- 1920
- circa 1890-1920
- Collection
- Dennis and Brenda Marsden Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 003050027
- Description
- Glass feeding bottle known as a Stork Nurser; moulded in the 'turtle' shape of an oval with a raised, spouted neck extending from one end and another opening at the back and flat back to stand flat; graduated measures along front, visible mould lines along sides.
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- Accession Number
- 003050027
- Collection
- Dennis and Brenda Marsden Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Feeding Methods
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Description
- Glass feeding bottle known as a Stork Nurser; moulded in the 'turtle' shape of an oval with a raised, spouted neck extending from one end and another opening at the back and flat back to stand flat; graduated measures along front, visible mould lines along sides.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Found in the donors' basement after they bought the house.
- Maker
- Stork
- Dates
- 1890
- 1920
- circa 1890-1920
- Date Remarks
- Very similar to 1991.14.1 which is dated circa 1890
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on the top; "STORK NURSER"; 1-8 embossed down center
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Depth
- 6.0 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Minor scratches; rough areas on surface adjacent to smaller opening
- Reference Types
- Book
- Other
- Reference Comments
- 1991.14.1; Kingston City Directories
- Research Facts
- Found in a cabinet in the donors' basement after they bought the house from John Briscoe of Briscoe's pharmacy which was located at 229 Princess Street in Kingston from 1954 to 1966; it is likely that Briscoe acquired the collection during his career as a pharmacist.
- John Briscoe took over Bishop's Drugs Ltd in 1954; Bishop owned another store at 528 Princess Street from 1946 to 1954 and it had been a drug store under other ownership from 1923 until 1946; this is a possible origin of some of the collection.
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact934
- Dates
- 1880
- 1900
- circa 1880-1900
- Collection
- Pat Blair Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 996020005
- Description
- Ttriangluar shaped moulded glass nursing bottle with flat bottom and tooled lip; narrow circular opening at the top for cork closure, missing cork; sides slope downwards and outwards, giving the bottle a bulging triangular shape; faint purplish tinge to glass; mould lines along sides visible; one s…
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- Accession Number
- 996020005
- Collection
- Pat Blair Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Feeding Methods
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Description
- Ttriangluar shaped moulded glass nursing bottle with flat bottom and tooled lip; narrow circular opening at the top for cork closure, missing cork; sides slope downwards and outwards, giving the bottle a bulging triangular shape; faint purplish tinge to glass; mould lines along sides visible; one side of the bottle has an embossed graduated scale with a vertical line and 16 horizontal lines; the numbers 8 (at the top) down to one at the base are spaced out between the horizontal lines, and the word "OUNCES" beneath the opening; embossed on back enclosed within a circle and the name "THE STERLING".
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned by Pat Blair and obtained from father.
- Dates
- 1880
- 1900
- circa 1880-1900
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on top: "THE STERLING // OUNCES"; embossed on bottom: "557"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- 13.7 cm
- Width
- 9.1 cm
- Depth
- 5.6 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Jan. 27, 2004: glass cloudy, occluded in places; some nicks; 1996: no chips, cracks or wear.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- Document
- Reference Comments
- Pat Blair; Sears & Roebuck Co. Catalogue 1897
- Research Facts
- Sears & Roebuck Co. 1897 Catalogue
- Exhibit History
- On exhibit in Paediatric case at Museum; Nov. 21 1997
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact973
- Dates
- 1891
- 1920
- circa 1891-1920
- Collection
- Rob and Mary Alice Snetsinger Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 996024001
- Description
- Glass infant feeding bottle known as the Best feeding bottle; moulded in the 'turtle' shape of an oval with a raised, spouted neck extending from one end and another opening at the back and flat back to stand flat; graduated measures along front centre, visible mould lines along sides embossed text…
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- Accession Number
- 996024001
- Collection
- Rob and Mary Alice Snetsinger Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Feeding Methods
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Description
- Glass infant feeding bottle known as the Best feeding bottle; moulded in the 'turtle' shape of an oval with a raised, spouted neck extending from one end and another opening at the back and flat back to stand flat; graduated measures along front centre, visible mould lines along sides embossed text of measurements and name of product.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned by Rob and Mary Alice Snetsinger; came from Dr. Harold Stewart's home at 288 Colingwood Street, Kingston, Ontario.
- Maker
- The Gotham Co. N. Y.
- Site Made (State)
- New York
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1891
- 1920
- circa 1891-1920
- Date Remarks
- Patent listed as Sept. 1 / 91
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on top: "FLUID OUNCES // THE BEST // PAT. SEP 1 91 // THE GOTHAM Co N Y"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- 16.1 cm
- Width
- 9.3 cm
- Depth
- 6.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Jan. 27, 2004: glass cloudy, some stains and occlusions, some nicks; Mar. 17, 1997: the bottle has no chips, cracks or breaks in the glass; there is no excessive wear; the inside of the glass is slightly cloudy
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Document
- Reference Comments
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue
- Exhibit History
- On exhibit in Paediatric case in Museum, Nov. 21 1997-Jan. 2004
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baby bottle trial kit
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8461
- Dates
- 1980
- 1990
- circa 1980-1990
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 1987.12.1 a-g
- Description
- Infant feeding bottle Playtex Baby Nurser Trial Kit consisting of rectangular cardboard box (g) contains semi-opaque hollow clear plastic holder (a), brown latex rubber nipple (b), plastic cap (c), plastic nipple retainer ring (d), sealed clear plastic bag with ten clear plastic bottle liners (e), …
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- Accession Number
- 1987.12.1 a-g
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Feeding Methods
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Description
- Infant feeding bottle Playtex Baby Nurser Trial Kit consisting of rectangular cardboard box (g) contains semi-opaque hollow clear plastic holder (a), brown latex rubber nipple (b), plastic cap (c), plastic nipple retainer ring (d), sealed clear plastic bag with ten clear plastic bottle liners (e), six panel instruction sheet in English and French (f); holder had graduated measuremements in red ink for ounces and ml and bilingual instructions; cap fits into base of holder and also over top; nipple is 'Natural Action' design is patterned after natural nipple; pre-sterilized disposable bottle liners; box has bilingual text about information of contents.
- Number Of Parts
- 7
- Part Names
- a - holder
- b - nipple
- c - cap
- d - retainer ring
- e - bag of liners
- f - instructions
- g - box
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Museum purchase.
- Maker
- Playtex Limited
- Site Made (City)
- Malton
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1980
- 1990
- circa 1980-1990
- Date Remarks
- Purchased in 1987
- Material
- paper: white
- ink: red; blue; tan
- rubber: brown
- plastic: transparent, semi-transparent
- Inscriptions
- Printed on cardboard box: "playtex // Baby Nurser // Trial Kit // Better for Baby ... // Most Like Mother // NEW IMPROVED // EASIER TO USE // TWIST-ON SYSTEM // Contains: // 1 Snug Fitting Cap // 1 Nipple Retainer Ring // 1 Natural Action Nipple // 10 227 ml (8 oz) // Pre-Sterilized // Disposable // Bottle Liners // 1 See-Thru Holder // Instruction Booklet // Contains one complete Playtex Nurser unit - // all that you need to begin feeding your baby // with the Platex Disposable Nurser System"; on inside of nipple: "PLAYTEX INFANT SIZE 135"; on side of holder: "DO NOT MICROWAVE OR BOIL // same in French // playtex // oz. 1 through 7 // ml 50 100 150 200"; headings on instructions: "Before you use your // new Playtex Nurser, // let's look at the system // to see how the parts // work together // To Clean Parts // Dispensing Instructions // How to use your // Playtex Disposable // Nurser // To Warm Formula, remove cap and either:"; on flap on box: "KEEP THIS NOTICE: Replace nipples when the // nipple diameter becomes // larger than this hole. // To measure, insert nipple // tip in hole. A worn nipple will // not fit into the hole easily"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- a – holder – Height 14.7 cm x Diam. 5.9 cm
- b – nipple – Height 3.0 cm x Diam. 5.5 cm
- c – cap – Height 2.7 cm x Diam. 6.0 cm
- d - retainer ring - Height 1.8 cm x Diam. 6.0 cm
- e - bag of liners – Length 12.0 cm x Depth 2.5 cm x Width 7.0 cm
- f - instructions - Length 58.7 Ccm x Depth 10.2 cm
- g – box - Length 17.5 cm x Width 6.4 cm x Depth 6.4 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Tear in top flap of box
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- 2016: http://www.playtexbaby.com/articles/playtexinnovations; 1987
- Research Facts
- 2016: According to the website www.playtexbaby.com website, Playtex introduced the disposable bottle system in 1960.
- 1987: Contemporary objects related to infant feeding purchased by the Museum to bring the collection of infant feeding equipment up to date; this is a new infant-feeding system, patented in 1977, which has the following features: disposable, pre-sterilized bags to contain the feed; a differently shaped nipple "patterned after nature"; collapsible bags described as reducing air intake by the infant.
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baby bottle sterilizer kit
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8478
- Dates
- 1965
- 1975
- circa 1965-1970
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pediatrics
- Home Health Care
- Hygiene
- Sanitation
- Classification
- Pediatrics
- Paediatrics
- Home Health Care
- Sanitation
- Hygiene
- Accession Number
- 1987.9.1 a-gg
- Description
- Baby bottle sterilizer kit with yellow plastic base (a) with heating / sterilizing element with two prong electric cord and white plastic cover (b); white plastic grid style bottle rack (c) can hold up to eight (8) bottles (e-k) has a separate grid (d) to fit over top of rack handle for bottle caps…
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- Accession Number
- 1987.9.1 a-gg
- Category
- Pediatrics
- Home Health Care
- Hygiene
- Sanitation
- Classification
- Pediatrics
- Paediatrics
- Home Health Care
- Sanitation
- Hygiene
- MeSH Heading
- Sterilization
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Description
- Baby bottle sterilizer kit with yellow plastic base (a) with heating / sterilizing element with two prong electric cord and white plastic cover (b); white plastic grid style bottle rack (c) can hold up to eight (8) bottles (e-k) has a separate grid (d) to fit over top of rack handle for bottle caps (l-u), liners and nipples (dd-ff) to be sterilized; kit contains seven (7) transparent Curity brand glass baby bottles with ten (10) cream plastic screw on bottle caps, eight (8) cream and yellow plastic cap seals and three (3) dark brown rubber bottle nipples; white plastic cover fits on base; instructions for use on underside of base; paper instruction manual (gg); Note: instruction manual missing 15 Nov 2016; one bottle and five nipples missing to create a full set.
- Number Of Parts
- 26
- Part Names
- a – base
- b – cover
- c – bottle rack
- d – accessories rack
- e-k – bottle
- l-u –cap
- v-cc –cap seal
- dd-ff - niple
- gg - instruction manual
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mrs. W. T. W. Clarke.
- Maker
- Hankscraft (Canada) Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1965
- 1975
- circa 1965-1970
- Material
- plastic: yellow; white
- glass: transparent
- rubber: brown
- paper: white
- ink: black; red; blue
- Inscriptions
- On top of case: "HANKSCRAFT"; embossed on bottles: "CURITY // SURE GRIP // CUBIC CENTIMETERS 50 100 250 200 227 // OUNCES 1-8"; embossed on bottle lids and liners "Curity"; on bottom of base unit: "HANKSCRAFT // Model 972 AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC // STERILIZER // 1. POUR WATER (TERMINAL METHOD - 6 OZS., REGULAR ME- // THOD 8 OZS.) INTO EITHER END OF BOILING SECTION MAR- // KED "FILL HERE". PLACE LOADED BOTTLE RACK IN BASE. PUT ON COVER, AND PLUG INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET. CUR- // RENT WILL SHUT OFF AUTOMATICALLY WHEN ALL WATER // HAS TURNED TO STEAM. (TIME WILL VARY ACCORDING TO // WATER HARDNESS.) TWENTY MINUTES ENSURES COMPLETE // TERMINAL STERILIZATION. IF CURRENT SHUTS OFF IN LESS // THAN TWENTY MINUTES USE 1 OZ. MORE WATER. (IF YOUR // UNIT DOES NOT SHUT OFF IN 45 MINUTES, ADD A SMALL // PINCH OF BAKING SODA. ALLOW ANOTHER HOUR FOR // COOLING AFTER STERILIZER HAS SHUT OFF. // 2. DISCONNECT FROM CIRCUIT, AND REMOVE THE COVER. FOR // SAFE STORAGE, PLACE BOTTLE RACK AND FEEDINGS IN // REFRIGERATOR. // 3. RINSE BOILING SECTION UNDER TAP AFTER EACH USE // 115 VOLTS A.C. ONLY // 7.5 AMPS OR LESS // MADE IN CANADA BY // HANKSCRAFT (CANADA) LTD. TORONTO // CANADIAN PATENT NO. 765,151 U.S. PATENT NO. 3,347,618"; on nipples: "PYRAMID RUBBER CO. RAVENNA. O. EVENFLO PAT. U. S. & CAN.; "EVENFLO PRODUCTS RAVENNA. O. PAT. U. S. & CAN. MADE IN U.S.A."; printed on instruction manual: "baby bottle // STERILIZER"; line drawing of steriliizer.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0007
- 0007-N1-6
- Storage Room 2005 (gg)
- 2005-2-3 Box 10 (gg)
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- a – base – Length 33.0 cm x Width 16.5 cm x Depth 9.0 cm
- b – cover – Length 33.0 cm x Width 15.8 cm x Depth 22.2 cm
- c – bottle rack – Length 26.0 cm x Width 13.2 cm x Depth 22.8 cm
- d – accessories rack – Length 23.2 cm x Width 11.6 cm Depth 2.5 cm
- e-k – bottle – Length 16.2 cm x Width 5.0 cm x Depth 5.0 cm
- l-u – cap - Diam. 4.6 cm
- v-cc – cap seal - Diam. 3.8 cm
- dd-ff – nipple - Diam. 3.8 cm
- gg - instruction manual
- Condition Remarks
- #2: rubber cord is brittle
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Comments
- https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pages/US3347618-0.png
- Research Facts
- Bought by the donor to sterilize bottles for visiting grandchildren.
- Citing patent: US3347618; Filing date: Apr 6, 1964; Publication date: Oct 17, 1967; Applicant: Hankscraft Canada Ltd; Title: Sterilizer.
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact5371
- Dates
- 1800
- 1850
- circa 1800-1850
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 1934.24.1
- Description
- Clear handblown glass bottle; narrow submarine shape with hole in mid-section, flat at one end and glass shaped into nipple and flange at opposite end; rough pontil mark; wide, slightly uneven standing lip around hole in mid-section.
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- Accession Number
- 1934.24.1
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Infant Care
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Feeding Methods
- Description
- Clear handblown glass bottle; narrow submarine shape with hole in mid-section, flat at one end and glass shaped into nipple and flange at opposite end; rough pontil mark; wide, slightly uneven standing lip around hole in mid-section.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; donated by Dr. R. W. Schnarr.
- Dates
- 1800
- 1850
- circa 1800-1850
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- 22.3 cm
- Width
- 6.8 cm
- Depth
- 4.0 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Dec. 6, 2016: light wear; some cloudy areas on interior
- Copy Type
- Original
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact6231
- Dates
- 1830
- 1870
- circa 1830-1870
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 1969.73.1
- Description
- Hand-blown clear glass infant feeding bottle with a tapered neck and a hole in one side; shaped like a cylindrical bottle with flat base, very small opening at top and large lipped opening on front; rough pontil mark on flat base; lots of mini seed bubbles in glass; wide lips around both openings.
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- Accession Number
- 1969.73.1
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Feeding Methods
- Description
- Hand-blown clear glass infant feeding bottle with a tapered neck and a hole in one side; shaped like a cylindrical bottle with flat base, very small opening at top and large lipped opening on front; rough pontil mark on flat base; lots of mini seed bubbles in glass; wide lips around both openings.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
- Dates
- 1830
- 1870
- circa 1830-1870
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- 14.5 cm
- Diameter
- 6.3 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Cracking on the neck; air bubbles in the glass; cracking on the side vent; abrasions adjacent to the side vent; wear on base.
- Copy Type
- Original
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact6232
- Dates
- 1800
- 1850
- circa 1800-1850
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 1969.74.1
- Description
- "Whale-shaped" hand blown-glass infant feeding bottle rests on a flat side; neck tapers and curves upwards to a small opening with a narrow lip; standing hole with a lip is on the top side; looks like a long tear drop with tip raised up and opposite end is flat.
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- Accession Number
- 1969.74.1
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Feeding Methods
- Description
- "Whale-shaped" hand blown-glass infant feeding bottle rests on a flat side; neck tapers and curves upwards to a small opening with a narrow lip; standing hole with a lip is on the top side; looks like a long tear drop with tip raised up and opposite end is flat.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source unknown.
- Dates
- 1800
- 1850
- circa 1800-1850
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Depth
- 6.0 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Bottom is scratched; interior is stained: one more noticeable oval cloudy stain adjacent to larger opening ; some minor cracks under hole.
- Copy Type
- Original
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact6233
- Dates
- 1830
- 1860
- circa 1830-1860
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 1969.75.1
- Description
- Oval-shaped hand-blown glass infant feeding bottle rests on one flat side; small opening / spout at one end with a rounded lip and opposite with flat end; cream cotton cloth cover with linen string wrapped tightly over fabric closure over this opening; larger standing opening with wide lip on top; …
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- Accession Number
- 1969.75.1
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Feeding Methods
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Description
- Oval-shaped hand-blown glass infant feeding bottle rests on one flat side; small opening / spout at one end with a rounded lip and opposite with flat end; cream cotton cloth cover with linen string wrapped tightly over fabric closure over this opening; larger standing opening with wide lip on top; slightly rough pontil at end opposite spout.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
- Dates
- 1830
- 1860
- circa 1830-1860
- Material
- glass: transparent
- fabric: cream
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- 18.0 cm
- Width
- 9.8 cm
- Depth
- 5.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Abrasions and scratches on bottom; small bubble adjacent to large opening on top; rough edges on inside of lip around large opening; one rough area on outside edge of this lip
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- Fabric and string covering are not original, but added for demonstration purposes.
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Tuffy [Victorian baby bottle]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14649
- Dates
- 1910
- 1925
- circa 1910 - 1925
- Collection
- Vechter Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 014005008
- Description
- Translucent blue glass cylindrical bottle with two flat faces; without closure or feeding nipple; mould lines visible.
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- Accession Number
- 014005008
- Collection
- Vechter Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Description
- Translucent blue glass cylindrical bottle with two flat faces; without closure or feeding nipple; mould lines visible.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Items belonged to donor, a physician from Ottawa.
- Maker
- Brockway
- Site Made (City)
- Brockwayville
- Site Made (State)
- Pennsylvania
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1910
- 1925
- circa 1910 - 1925
- Date Remarks
- Online research
- Material
- glass: translucent blue
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on bottle, two faces have different measurement lines with labelled values, on another face: "COLD-PROOF" on another face: "HEAT-PROOF" on the other two faces: "TUFFY"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A3-9 Row B
- Length
- 16.7
- Width
- 5.9
- Depth
- 4.5
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Minor scratches on exterior of bottle by the one ounce line
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- Brockway Machine Bottle Co. and Brockway Glass Co. Society for Historical Archaeology
- Research Facts
- From its opening in 1907, the Brockway Machine Bottle Co. was a product of the mechanized era. As the name implies, the company was formed to manufacture bottles by machine.
- Initially, of course, Brockway only made wide-mouth bottles by semiautomatic machines, but the plant installed narrow-mouth machines in the early 1920's.
- Brockway became one of the leading bottle producers in the U.S. and finally merged with the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in 1988.
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14442
- Dates
- 1880
- 1910
- circa 1880-1910
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 016001058
- Description
- Clear glass 'turtle' shaped infant feeding bottle with rounded bottom and angled neck for cork or rubber teat closure; visible mould line around edges; hand blown glass; front flat area with embossed measurement gradations on front.
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- Accession Number
- 016001058
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Description
- Clear glass 'turtle' shaped infant feeding bottle with rounded bottom and angled neck for cork or rubber teat closure; visible mould line around edges; hand blown glass; front flat area with embossed measurement gradations on front.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
- Dates
- 1880
- 1910
- circa 1880-1910
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1
- Length
- 16.4 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Depth
- 7.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Shows wear and interior with minor residue
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Documents Book Internet
- Reference Comments
- Allison, Eileen Michael. Ceramic Invalid Feeders, Pap Boats, and Baby Bottles of the 19th & Twentieth Century. Canada: E. M. Allison, 1997.; American Collectors of Infant Feeders
- Research Facts
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and sister Alice Roeder, a retired nurse. The collection consists of various eras and types of invalid / infant feeders, infant milk bottles, medicine spoons, urinals and reference material.
- Names associated with this item include: baby bottle, nurser, infant nursing bottle, antique baby bottles, glass baby Bottles, milk bottles, Victorian, Victorian baby, Victorian baby feeding bottle
- The design of glass baby feeding bottles from 1860-1900 were hard to clean due to the glass screw or cork closures and long rubber tubes ending with rubber teats. This bottle design allowed the infant to self-feed.
- This innovation freed the mother from the hassle and discomfort of nursing and wearing a nursing corset, and allowed her the opportunity to tend to her other chores (this was particularly useful for those members of the middle to lower classes who needed to work). A contributing factor to the deadly growth of bacteria throughout the bottle design was that these bottles were not sterilized, only washed every two or three weeks.
- This lack of sanitation allowed for deadly bacteria to flourish, and lead to doctors condemning the use of these bottles – now nicknamed ‘Murder Bottles’ – as they contributed to the high infant mortality rates of the late 1800s (only two out of ten babies would survived until two years of age).
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14441
- Dates
- 1891
- 1910
- circa 1891-1910
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 016001059
- Description
- Purple tinged clear glass 'turtle' shaped infant feeding bottle with rounded bottom and angled neck for cork or rubber teat closure; visible mould line around edges; hand blown glass; front flat area with embossed product name; measurement gradations on front cork in valve opening with minor miss…
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- Accession Number
- 016001059
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Description
- Purple tinged clear glass 'turtle' shaped infant feeding bottle with rounded bottom and angled neck for cork or rubber teat closure; visible mould line around edges; hand blown glass; front flat area with embossed product name; measurement gradations on front cork in valve opening with minor missing glass around edge.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1891
- 1910
- circa 1891-1910
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on feeder: "FLUID OUNCES // THE BEST // PAT. SEP 1. 91 // THE GOTHAM CO. N.Y."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Depth
- 6.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Cork shows wear and missing minor amount; interior with minor residue
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Documents Book Internet
- Reference Comments
- Allison, Eileen Michael. Ceramic Invalid Feeders, Pap Boats, and Baby Bottles of the 19th & Twentieth Century. Canada: E. M. Allison, 1997.; American Collectors of Infant Feeders
- Research Facts
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and sister Alice Roeder, a retired nurse. The collection consists of various eras and types of invalid / infant feeders, infant milk bottles, medicine spoons, urinals and reference material.
- Names associated with this item include: baby bottle, nurser, infant nursing bottle, antique baby bottles, glass baby Bottles, milk bottles, Victorian, Victorian baby, Victorian baby feeding bottle
- The design of glass baby feeding bottles from 1860-1900 were hard to clean due to the glass screw or cork closures and long rubber tubes ending with rubber teats. This bottle design allowed the infant to self-feed.
- This innovation freed the mother from the hassle and discomfort of nursing and wearing a nursing corset, and allowed her the opportunity to tend to her other chores (this was particularly useful for those members of the middle to lower classes who needed to work). A contributing factor to the deadly growth of bacteria throughout the bottle design was that these bottles were not sterilized, only washed every two or three weeks.
- This lack of sanitation allowed for deadly bacteria to flourish, and lead to doctors condemning the use of these bottles – now nicknamed ‘Murder Bottles’ – as they contributed to the high infant mortality rates of the late 1800s (only two out of ten babies would survived until two years of age).
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14440
- Dates
- 1880
- 1910
- circa 1880-1910
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 016001060 a-b
- Description
- Two piece clear glass 'turtle' shaped infant feeding bottle (a) with separate clear glass screw (b) with centre hole for rubber tube, tube missing; squared off bottom with angled neck threaded to receive screw closure; visible mould line around edges; hand blown glass; front flat area with embosse…
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- Accession Number
- 016001060 a-b
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Description
- Two piece clear glass 'turtle' shaped infant feeding bottle (a) with separate clear glass screw (b) with centre hole for rubber tube, tube missing; squared off bottom with angled neck threaded to receive screw closure; visible mould line around edges; hand blown glass; front flat area with embossed product name.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - bottle
- b - screw
- Provenance
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1880
- 1910
- circa 1880-1910
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on feeder: "IMPROVED // FEEDING BOTTLE"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1
- Length
- a - 15.7 cm
- b - 3.1 cm
- Width
- a - 10.0 cm
- Depth
- a - 7.5 cm
- Diameter
- b - 3.3 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Documents Book Internet
- Reference Comments
- Allison, Eileen Michael. Ceramic Invalid Feeders, Pap Boats, and Baby Bottles of the 19th & Twentieth Century. Canada: E. M. Allison, 1997.; American Collectors of Infant Feeders
- Research Facts
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and sister Alice Roeder, a retired nurse. The collection consists of various eras and types of invalid / infant feeders, infant milk bottles, medicine spoons, urinals and reference material.
- Names associated with this item include: baby bottle, nurser, infant nursing bottle, antique baby bottles, glass baby Bottles, milk bottles, Victorian, Victorian baby, Victorian baby feeding bottle
- The design of glass baby feeding bottles from 1860-1900 were hard to clean due to the glass screw or cork closures and long rubber tubes ending with rubber teats. This bottle design allowed the infant to self-feed.
- This innovation freed the mother from the hassle and discomfort of nursing and wearing a nursing corset, and allowed her the opportunity to tend to her other chores (this was particularly useful for those members of the middle to lower classes who needed to work). A contributing factor to the deadly growth of bacteria throughout the bottle design was that these bottles were not sterilized, only washed every two or three weeks.
- This lack of sanitation allowed for deadly bacteria to flourish, and lead to doctors condemning the use of these bottles – now nicknamed ‘Murder Bottles’ – as they contributed to the high infant mortality rates of the late 1800s (only two out of ten babies would survived until two years of age).
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14437
- Dates
- 1880
- 1910
- circa 1880-1910
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 016001061 a-b
- Description
- Two piece clear glass 'turtle' shaped infant feeding bottle (a) with separate clear glass screw (b) with centre hole for rubber tube, tube missing; squared off bottom with angled neck threaded to receive screw; visible mould line around edges; embossed lines to indicate mesurements in tablespoons …
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- Accession Number
- 016001061 a-b
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Description
- Two piece clear glass 'turtle' shaped infant feeding bottle (a) with separate clear glass screw (b) with centre hole for rubber tube, tube missing; squared off bottom with angled neck threaded to receive screw; visible mould line around edges; embossed lines to indicate mesurements in tablespoons up to 18; front flat area with circular embossed product name.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - bottle
- b - screw
- Provenance
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1880
- 1910
- circa 1880-1910
- Material
- glass: transparent
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on feeder: "THE PRINCESS OF WALES FEEDING BOTTLE // MADE IN ENGLAND // TABLESPOONS"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1
- Length
- a - 13.7 cm
- b - 3.1 cm
- Width
- a - 10.0 cm
- Depth
- a - 7.5 cm
- Diameter
- b - 3.3 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Documents Book Internet
- Reference Comments
- Allison, Eileen Michael. Ceramic Invalid Feeders, Pap Boats, and Baby Bottles of the 19th & Twentieth Century. Canada: E. M. Allison, 1997.; American Collectors of Infant Feeders
- Research Facts
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and sister Alice Roeder, a retired nurse. The collection consists of various eras and types of invalid / infant feeders, infant milk bottles, medicine spoons, urinals and reference material.
- The design of glass baby feeding bottles from 1860-1900 were hard to clean due to the glass screw or cork closures and long rubber tubes ending with rubber teats. This bottle design allowed the infant to self-feed.
- This innovation freed the mother from the hassle and discomfort of nursing and wearing a nursing corset, and allowed her the opportunity to tend to her other chores (this was particularly useful for those members of the middle to lower classes who needed to work). A contributing factor to the deadly growth of bacteria throughout the bottle design was that these bottles were not sterilized, only washed every two or three weeks.
- This lack of sanitation allowed for deadly bacteria to flourish, and lead to doctors condemning the use of these bottles – now nicknamed ‘Murder Bottles’ – as they contributed to the high infant mortality rates of the late 1800s (only two out of ten babies would survived until two years of age).
- Exhibit History
- On display for exhibit "Gananoque 150" L-2017-6 at Arthur Child Heritage Museum; 24 April 2017 - 26 Aug 2017
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14436
- Dates
- 1900
- 1920
- circa 1900-1920
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 016001062
- Description
- Clear glass torpedo boat shaped feeding or infant bottle with cork stuck in raised thick circular opening; one closed squared off end and small narrow opening to affix a rubber teat; missing teat; micro bubbles visable in glass with several larger bubbles.
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- Accession Number
- 016001062
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Infant Care
- Infant Food
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Feeding Methods
- Description
- Clear glass torpedo boat shaped feeding or infant bottle with cork stuck in raised thick circular opening; one closed squared off end and small narrow opening to affix a rubber teat; missing teat; micro bubbles visable in glass with several larger bubbles.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
- Dates
- 1900
- 1920
- circa 1900-1920
- Material
- glass: transparent
- cork: tan
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-B3
- Length
- 22.3 cm
- Width
- 7.3 cm
- Height
- 6.4 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Cork dried out and stuck fast in opening
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Documents Book
- Reference Comments
- Allison, Eileen Michael. Ceramic Invalid Feeders, Pap Boats, and Baby Bottles of the 19th & Twentieth Century. Canada: E.M. Allison, 1997. "Down Bros. Ltd. Catalogue of Surgical Instruments & Appliances" by Down Bros. Ltd., London, 1906, p. 1363 similar to item #6031 Donor file
- Research Facts
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and sister Alice Roeder, a retired nurse. The collection consists of various eras and types of invalid / infant feeders, infant milk bottles, medicine spoons, urinals and reference material.
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baby bottle nipple adaptor
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact13385
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Collection
- Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 010020263
- Description
- Nipple adaptor for a baby bottle; circular piece of pink plastic, slightly domed with a circular cut-out in midde at top; one half with raised, rounded wall around cut-out; small bumps around rest of cut-out
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- Accession Number
- 010020263
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- Infant Nutrition
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Feeding Methods
- Description
- Nipple adaptor for a baby bottle; circular piece of pink plastic, slightly domed with a circular cut-out in midde at top; one half with raised, rounded wall around cut-out; small bumps around rest of cut-out
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa). Original donor: Dr. Wallace F. Walford from Perth, Ontario.
- Site Made (State)
- Texas
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Date Remarks
- Based on supplier's catalogue
- Material
- plastic: pink
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D3-10
- Dimension Notes
- Depth 0.9 cm x Diam. 3.4 cm
- Condition Remarks
- In good condition
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Person
- Reference Comments
- Dr. Wallace F. Walford
- Research Facts
- Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008.
- This adaptor for a baby's bottle was invented by an American dentist from Texas who spoke in Montreal around 1938; he was concerned about the bottles of the time, which were just long tubes through which the baby sucked; he believed they were causing infants to have dental problems later in life; he designed this adaptor to recreate more closely a baby naturally breastfeeding, where the baby uses more jaw motions to drink milk; unfortunately his product did not take off as bottle companies began to change their design almost immediately afterward.
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Victorian baby bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8000
- Dates
- 1890
- 1920
- circa 1890-1920
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Food, Fortified
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.73 a-b
- Description
- Clear glass moulded 'turtle' shaped feeding bottle with the neck curved up at an angle of approximately 25°; visible mould lines around sides, flat back and embossed manufacturer's logo of intertwined B and G and name of product, 'The Pet Feeding Bottle'; one opening designed for a cork closure; bo…
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.73 a-b
- Classification
- Home Health
- Nutrition
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- MeSH Heading
- Feeding Methods
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Pediatrics -- instrumentation
- Bottle Feeding -- instrumentation
- MM= Bottle Feeding -- bottle
- Pediatrics
- Description
- Clear glass moulded 'turtle' shaped feeding bottle with the neck curved up at an angle of approximately 25°; visible mould lines around sides, flat back and embossed manufacturer's logo of intertwined B and G and name of product, 'The Pet Feeding Bottle'; one opening designed for a cork closure; bottle modified from various modern pieces to replicate the orginal style of feeding through a long rubber hose and rubber teat for demonstration purposes; modified with cork stopper and 30.0 cm long clear plastic tube 0.6 cm diameter plastic tube ending in a circa1965 rubber nipple with bone or plastic disk surrounding it, and dark brown ring and short tube beneath, all inserted in hole made in the new cork.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - bottle
- b - plastic tube with nipple
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- B. G. Company
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1890
- 1920
- circa 1890-1920
- Material
- glass: transparent
- cork: brown
- plastic: clear
- rubber: brown
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on bottle: "THE PET // FEEDING BOTTLE"; on nipple: "EVENFLO PRODUCTS RAVENNA. O. PAT. U.S. & CAN. MADE IN U.S.A."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1-
- Length
- a - 14.5 cm
- b - 34.2 cm
- Width
- a - 9.6 cm
- Depth
- a - 5.9 cm
- Diameter
- b - 4.0 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Nov. 29, 2016: clear tube appears to be slightly yellowed (from age); Nov. 2006: rubber tube hardened and cracked; a piece has broken off inside; Aug. 2004: rubber is stiff; 1989: bottle has a small chipped area on the outside edge of the neck where a moulding flaw left a sharp corner edge; a few light scratches on back side; some water marks and brown specks inside; rubber nipple has darkened and has tiny brown spots; hardening and is starting to fracture in a couple of places
- Copy Type
- Original
- Exhibit History
- (b only) On display for exhibit "Gananoque 150" L-2017-6 at Arthur Child Heritage Museum; 24 April 2017 - 26 Aug 2017
- On exhibit, Billings Estate, 15 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec. 2009
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