Object Details
- Description
- During the 1970s, after metric units of measure had been adopted in Canada and Great Britain, some people in the United States advocated adoption of the metric system. One of them was William W. K. Freeman, who owned this mug. Freeman taught at the Tower School in Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1974, he wrote a weekly column in the Salem Gazette entitled “Metric News Notes.”
- The cream-colored mug has brown text that reads: drink metric. A label next to a line near the top reads: 250mL. Below the mark text reads: american (/) national (/) metric (/) council.
- Reference:
- Accession File.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1975
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Chris Jurkiewicz
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.6 cm x 11.5 cm x 8 cm; 3 25/32 in x 4 17/32 in x 3 5/32 in
- Object Name
- mug
