Mr. Peanut
notes: label: Description
content: The Planters Peanut Company was established in 1906 and incorporated as the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company in 1908. In 1916, when the firm ran a contest for a suitable logo, the young Antonio Gentile submitted a drawing of an anthropomorphic peanut. After a commercial artist added a monocle and top hat, Mr. Peanut became a widely-known commercial logo. The Celanese Plastics Company donated this celluloid Mr. Peanut to the Smithsonian in 1973.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Celanese Plastic Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.334571
label: accession number
content: 310799
label: catalog number
content: 334571
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Novelty
label: Object Type
content: souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 mm x 19 mm x 9 mm; 2 5/16 in x 3/4 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/16 in x 5/8 in x 1/4 in; 5.55625 cm x 1.5875 cm x .635 cm