Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
notes: label: Description
content: Straight razor with celluloid handle, and an inscription that reads “100 WM ELLIOTT & CO. MADE IN GERMANY”.
label: Description
content: William Elliott & Co. razors were made of English steel, worked by cutlers in Germany, and imported into the U.S. by Adolph Strauss & Co.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Catalogue of William Elliott & Co. Razors,” <i>Hardware</i> (August 25, 1906): 22.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1255
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1255
objectType: label: Object Name
content: straight razor
label: Object Name
content: straight razor with celluloid handle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (razor material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 15 cm x .8 cm; 13/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 3/8 in x 6 in x 15/16 in; .9525 cm x 15.24 cm x 2.38125 cm