Super Cricket Butane Lighter
notes: label: Description
content: S. T. Dupont began making and marketing Cricket butane lighters in France in 1961. Gillette purchased a large share of the French firm in 1970 and introduced the inexpensive and disposable lighter to the United States in 1972. This example is a SUPER CRICKET of the form introduced in 1978. The case is made of nylon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: 1981.0825.15
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0825.15
label: accession number
content: 1981.0825
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Disposable Butane Lighter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 80 mm x 32 mm x 13 mm; 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 1 5/16 in x 9/16 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.33375 cm x 1.42875 cm