Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
date: label: date made
content: 1907-1927
name: label: maker
content: Durham Duplex Razor Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Durham Safety Razor Co. was established in New York City, probably in 1908. By 1910, now trading as the Durham Duplex Razor Co., it had a factory in Jersey City, N.J. The inscription on the blade of this razor read “DURHAM DOMINO” and “PAT. U.S.A. MAY 28, 07.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Sydney I. Prescott, “Razor,” U.S. Patent 854,851 (May 208, 1907), assigned to Thomas C. Durham.
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: 2006.0098.1596
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1596
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
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: stainless steel (razor material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.3 cm x 16 cm x 2.4 cm; 1 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 1 1/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 16.1925 cm x 4.1275 cm