Box for Playing Cards
date: label: Date made
content: 1938
notes: label: Description
content: Bakelite box marked “KEM / Kem Plastic Playing Cards Inc. / New York / Made in U.S.A.” and dated 1938. The Kem Plastic Playing Cards Inc. introduced the word “KEM” to commerce in 1934; advertised KEM cards as germ resistant in 1937; and showed KEM cards at the New York World’s Fair of 1939.
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 J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0538.17
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0538.17
label: accession number
content: 1983.0538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Box for Playing Cards
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 70 mm x 98 mm x 45 mm; 2 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 13/16 in x 1 11/16 in; 6.985 cm x 9.68375 cm x 4.28625 cm