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<p>[QUOTE="i need help, post: 3976076, member: 5718"]Does it have any other numbers?</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this bit, which sounds like yours, but couldn’t find the listing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vintage“Bishop& Babcock + The Liquid 7-piece White Porcelain Soda Fountain Syrup& Condiment/Toppings Containers Set. Included: 2- marked"Bishop& Babcock 9958" measuring 12" h x 6-1/2" x 3-3/4" one has a few chips on the rim around the top and one has some crazing in the bottom 2- marked"The Liquid 54011" measuring 6-3/4" h x 6-3/4" x 4-1/2" 1- marked"Liquid 54061" measuring 3-1/2" h x 6-5/8" square 1- marked"Liquid 54025" measuring 3-1/2" h x 6-3/4" x 6-1/2" has a chip on the corner of the rim at the top 1- marked"Liquid 54032" measuring 3-1/2" h x 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" has a crack across the bottom and a chip on the corner of the rim. For a little history please read on: The L.A. Becker Company. The Liquid Carbonic Company, and the Bishop& Babcock Company dominated the iceless fountain business. In 1888 Jacob Baur of Terre Haute, Indiana founded the Liquid Carbonics Manufacturing Company in Chicago, becoming the Midwest's first manufacturer of liquefied carbon dioxide. In 1903 Liquid Carbonic began market-testing its prototype iceless fountain in a Chicago confectionary. Louis A. Becker was a salesman who started his own manufacturing business in 1898, making the 20th-Century Sanitary Soda Fountain. In 1904 Becker's company produced its first iceless fountain. In 1908 William H. Wallace obtained a patent for an iceless fountain and installed his prototype in an Indianapolis drugstore. He sold his patent to Marietta Manufacturing Company, which was absorbed by Bishop& Babcock of Cleveland. In their heyday. Soda fountains flourished in pharmacies, ice cream parlors, candy stores, dime stores, department stores, milk bars and train stations. They served an important function as a public space where neighbors could socialize and exchange community news. In the early 20th century, many fountains expanded their menus and became lunch counters, serving light meals as well as ice </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://troutunderground.com/Fountains-Soda-Dispensing-Porcelain-Soda-Fountain/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://troutunderground.com/Fountains-Soda-Dispensing-Porcelain-Soda-Fountain/" rel="nofollow">https://troutunderground.com/Fountains-Soda-Dispensing-Porcelain-Soda-Fountain/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="i need help, post: 3976076, member: 5718"]Does it have any other numbers? I found this bit, which sounds like yours, but couldn’t find the listing. Vintage“Bishop& Babcock + The Liquid 7-piece White Porcelain Soda Fountain Syrup& Condiment/Toppings Containers Set. Included: 2- marked"Bishop& Babcock 9958" measuring 12" h x 6-1/2" x 3-3/4" one has a few chips on the rim around the top and one has some crazing in the bottom 2- marked"The Liquid 54011" measuring 6-3/4" h x 6-3/4" x 4-1/2" 1- marked"Liquid 54061" measuring 3-1/2" h x 6-5/8" square 1- marked"Liquid 54025" measuring 3-1/2" h x 6-3/4" x 6-1/2" has a chip on the corner of the rim at the top 1- marked"Liquid 54032" measuring 3-1/2" h x 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" has a crack across the bottom and a chip on the corner of the rim. For a little history please read on: The L.A. Becker Company. The Liquid Carbonic Company, and the Bishop& Babcock Company dominated the iceless fountain business. In 1888 Jacob Baur of Terre Haute, Indiana founded the Liquid Carbonics Manufacturing Company in Chicago, becoming the Midwest's first manufacturer of liquefied carbon dioxide. In 1903 Liquid Carbonic began market-testing its prototype iceless fountain in a Chicago confectionary. Louis A. Becker was a salesman who started his own manufacturing business in 1898, making the 20th-Century Sanitary Soda Fountain. In 1904 Becker's company produced its first iceless fountain. In 1908 William H. Wallace obtained a patent for an iceless fountain and installed his prototype in an Indianapolis drugstore. He sold his patent to Marietta Manufacturing Company, which was absorbed by Bishop& Babcock of Cleveland. In their heyday. Soda fountains flourished in pharmacies, ice cream parlors, candy stores, dime stores, department stores, milk bars and train stations. They served an important function as a public space where neighbors could socialize and exchange community news. In the early 20th century, many fountains expanded their menus and became lunch counters, serving light meals as well as ice [URL]https://troutunderground.com/Fountains-Soda-Dispensing-Porcelain-Soda-Fountain/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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