Celluloid Hair Curler
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1890
notes: label: Description
content: The "A. D. Matthews & Sons" inscription on this celluloid hair curler refers to the Brooklyn dry goods shop begun by A. D. Matthews in the nineteenth century, and continued by his sons, James and Gardner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0626.19
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0626.19
label: accession number
content: 1983.0626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hair Curler
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Hair Curler
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 152 mm x 45 mm x 8 mm; 6 in x 1 3/4 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 15.5575 cm x 4.445 cm