all original and fully functional american vintage industrial wall-mount "model 1244" dixie paper cup dispenser designed and fabricated by the dixie cup co., easton, penn. the attractive clear glass vortex dome is original and in great overall condition. the cylindrical-shaped dispenser is comprised of black enameled steel with top and bottom polished chrome steel bands or rings. the original mounting bracket is included. the wall-mount dispenser was salvaged from a chicago factory office surviving very little, if any alterations throughout years of occupancy. dixie disposable paper cups were first developed in the united states in 1907 by lawrence luellen, a lawyer in boston, massachusetts, who was concerned about germs being spread by people sharing glasses or dippers at public supplies of drinking water. luellen developed an ice-cooled water-vending machine with disposable cups, and with another bostonian, hugh moore, embarked on an advertising campaign to educate the public and to market his machine, principally to railroad companies. professor davison's study was instrumental in abolishing the public glass and opening the door for the paper cup. soon, the devices, which would dispense cool water for a cent, became standard equipment on trains. the dixie cup was first called "health kup", but from 1919 it was named after a line of dolls made by alfred schindler's dixie doll company in new york. success led the company, which had existed under a variety of names, to call itself the dixie cup corporation and move to a factory in wilson, pennsylvania. atop the factory was a large water tank in the shape of a cup. measures approximately 18 inches tall with a 3 inch diameter.