Seen in FBDO
A Park Sherman pump liquor dispenser is best seen at 00:03:35 in the full-screen and open matte versions of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off as Ferris opens his bedroom curtains to welcome the day. The dispenser can be seen on the top of the shelf between Ferris’s computer and bed.
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| Image: Paramount Pictures |
In the traditional wide-screen format found on most releases of FBDO, only the handle of the pump is visible in this shot.
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| Image: Paramount Pictures |
Description
Park Sherman – operating in Springfield Illinois from the early 1930s until 1960 – manufactured pump liquor dispensers largely in the 1940s and 1950s. These dispensers were decorative barware pieces consisting of a heavy pressed-glass decanter with a metal pump mounted on top. Pressing or pulling the plunger draws liquor through a long tube and releases it from the curved spout.
Many models had a circular tray surrounding the pump, often designed to rotate like a lazy Susan and to hold four to six small glasses. Park Sherman marketed this item as the “Merry-Go-Round Bar” with the slogan “A Jigger in a Jiffy.”
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| Image: Etsy (Edited) |
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Learn More
Read a short history of the Park Sherman Company provided by Sangamon County History.