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beccaboo0713

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What is this metal box?
« on: August 05, 2011, 08:44:45 am »
So, I have a thing for bottles and boxes. I picked up this one the other day at a flea market. Since then I have been trying to figure out what it says on the side. So far I have determined that it says 'Special Serum Vaccine _______________'. Anyone here that can shed any insight into what this is? Thanks so much!

(oh and I upped the contrast on the picture of the print to help decipher it better) '





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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 08:47:17 am »
i like that!!   :)

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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 08:56:03 am »

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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 09:44:47 am »
REFRIGERATE or something like that on the bottom line.

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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2011, 09:57:55 am »
REFRIGERATE or something like that on the bottom line.

Hmmm, yes or REFRIGERATOR. Awesome, thank you.  I wonder when it's from.

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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2011, 09:59:12 am »
My guess is 1940s.

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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2011, 11:41:55 am »
"SPECIAL" is the first line.
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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2011, 11:43:57 am »
I've got it:

SPECIAL
SERUM-VACCINE
REFRIGERATOR
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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2011, 11:50:07 am »
 ;D Tales, she had all the words in the her first post except for refrigerator, which she picked up on 4 posts ago. I am just sitting here chuckling, but it is Friday and I had a great day at sales.

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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2011, 11:51:17 am »
LOL my fault. I'm at work and sometimes I skim these posts too fast!
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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2011, 11:56:22 am »
Haha, ah yes. But it was fun to decipher, yes? Any information on when it might have been used would be great. I was thinking 1940's too.

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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2011, 12:01:12 pm »
Tales, it kind of reminds me of the car full of people TV ad and the one guy that has a 4G phone gets the text joke first and roars while everyone else is silent. A few seconds later the rest get the joke on their slower phones and start laughing. Been there, done that except it was usually a joke someone told in person and it took awhile to sink in.  ;D

Great deciphering by the way.

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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2011, 12:34:08 pm »
Yup, I was two steps behind on this one!!!  ;D
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Re: What is this metal box?
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2011, 03:23:46 pm »
The compartmentalized boxes generally had one compartment for the vaccines/meds and one for the ice since it was a transport item.  They used to use these on trains/planes many, many years ago but these days they are hardened cases with Styrofoam on mass transportation.
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