Food Storage Cannister

Name/Title

Food Storage Cannister

Entry/Object ID

2014.52.25

Description

Metal food storage canister in the shape of a bus. The canister and lid are printed in bright colors to show a tour bus wrapped with the words, "BEN & JERRY'S / NEW VAUDEVILLE / LIGHT CIRCUS". There are clowns, a ringleader, and a bus driver printed in the windows of the bus, and large arms reaching up the sides from beneath. There are 3 wheels attached to either long side of the canister, allowing it to be rolled. The license plate reads, "LICNLAF" [lick 'n' laugh].

Context

Produced both as a retail container for ice cream and to promote the Ben & Jerry's New Vaudeville Light Circus Bus, which traveled the country promoting Ben & Jerry's ice cream at music festivals.

Acquisition

Accession

2014.52

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc.

Date made

circa 1990

Place

City

Hong Kong

Country

China

Continent

Asia

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Can, Food Storage

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Canister, Food Storage

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Storage Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Length

9-1/2 in

Material

Tin

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Waterbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America