This was only one year before the Susquehanna-Pfaltzgraff Co. bought Syracuse. The Shenango plant in New Castle, Pa., closed in 1991. My aunt recently saw that I have an old celluloid dresser set. She told me the pieces could burst into flames and suggested I get rid of them. My aunt tends to worry a lot, but I'm wondering if she's right.
Celluloid can melt and burn easily, however.
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