AMC Tin Cup

Object/Artifact

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

AMC Tin Cup

Entry/Object ID

MWM2015.0001.0001

Description

Item is a small tin cup with a wide mouth and a narrow base. Embossed into the bottom of the cup are the letters "A. M. C." which stands for Appliachian Mountain Club. The handle is made of metal.

Collection

Newton Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2015.0001

Source or Donor

Newton, John W. (Jack) and Anne H.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

AMC Trail Club

Date made

1922 - 1950

Notes

Date: December

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cup

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Drinking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Advertising, Brooks, Cups, Hiking, Metals, Mountains, Trees

Search Terms

Artifacts, Domestic Life/Household Goods, Food Preparation, Sierra Club, The Shorey Studio, Gorham NH, Appalachian Mountain Club, Tin

Dimensions

Diameter

4-11/16 in

Material

Metal, Tin

General Notes

Note

Notes: 1901: Guy Shorey creates tin cups that say "The Shorey Studio, Gorham NH" imprinted on the bottom of them. Then leaves them on trees near brooks for people to drink out of them as they hike and gets advertising from it for his studio. 1905: Sierra Club creates the Bass Sierra Cup after WIlliam Colby (Club's third President) sees some AMC hikers with them on Mount Rainier Hike. 1922: AMC Club comes out with a "Guy Shorey style" tin cup. It costs 15 cents each and 25 cents for two.