Mechanical Pencil
notes: label: Description
content: Mechanical pencil with a “Chicago Autopoint U.S.A. Patd and Pats Pend Gold Filled Bakelite” inscription. The referenced patents were probably issued to Charles Rood Keeran (1883-1948) of Chicago and assigned to Autopoint Manufacturing Company. Autopoint began manufacturing mechanical pencils in Chicago in 1918. Bakelite, the plastics manufacturer, acquired an interest in the firm in the 1920s.
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 Plastics Institute of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0368.69
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0368.69
label: accession number
content: 1977.0368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mechanical Pencil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (parts material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 142 mm x 10 mm; 5 9/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 3/8 in; 14.2875 cm x .9525 cm