Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on one side of the razor reads “SPIKE.” That on the other side reads “UNION CULTERY CO. / OLEAN, N.Y.” That on the handle reads “Spike / REG. U.S.PAT.OFF.” The Union Cutlery Co. began in business, as such, in 1909, and moved to Olean soon thereafter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2006.0098.1256
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1256
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 14.8 cm x .8 cm; 13/16 in x 5 13/16 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 7/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 1.11125 cm x 14.9225 cm x 2.2225 cm