Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chewing gum vending machine
Object Number:
2002.1.3182
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Medium:
Wood, metal, glass, paper
Dimensions:
8 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 11 in.
Description:
Wood chewing gum vending machine and gambling game shaped like a house. The front has a metal flower and leaf decoration next to a glass window that exposes a paper roll marked with numbers from one to twenty one such as "Number 15." Below are instructions that read in black " 'Try Your Luck'/ Drop in One Cent And Get One Cents/ Worth or More Of/ 'Wrigley's' Gum". The back also has glass windows that show the paper roll and the gum dispensing mechanism and a drawer with a lock for removing coins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
