Category 7: Distribution & Transportation Objects➔Containers

From F. T. Hill Museum

Accession Number 76-22-3

Date circa 1900

Description Three containers painted blue that were used for wet batteries. in 1903. Mr. Rudd used the wet batteries on a portable 15 h.p gas engine. When dry batteries were available, these containers were discarded and Mrs. Rudd used the containers as crocks for many years. Below is a diagram of the wet battery. What is left in these containers is the protective covering. 

Materials metal Paint

Measurements Height: 8 inches; Thickness: 1/8 inch; Diameter: 7 inches;
Notes: one Container