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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Burlington Spittoons Information
From: tim fleck <tf5077@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:33:49 -0700 (PDT)
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Ray,

   My spittoon came from the Lincoln Station it is
also made by Hall. These were china. Would tend to
guess they would be used in buildings. Tim








--- Ray Bedard <tczephyr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I recently purchased a ceramic spittoon, it's the
> one with green outside, 
> gold trim, white inside and the "Burlington Route"
> logo in gold on the lip. 
> It is marked "Hall", a manufacturer of china
> pottery.  On the bottom of the 
> spittoon, someone wrote in felt pen, "May 5 1949".
> 
> I have seen this one and the backed enameled style
> frequenty listed on ebay.
> 
> I would like to know the history of both spittons
> and in general how old and 
> where these were used. I would think that the baked
> enameled ones would have 
> been used on the passenger cars, as these would get
> a lot of rough handling. 
> Would the ceramic ones have been used in Q office
> building/depots?
> 
> When were these last used? I have searched through
> several book, hoping to 
> find photos that would show these but have not yet
> found any.
> 
> Thanks
> Ray Bedard
> San Jose CA
> 
> 
> 

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