Shoehorn
date: label: date made
content: 1883
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A shoehorn made of ivory-grained celluloid in the shape of a whale's tail. It was patented in May 1883.
label: Description
content: Celluloid shoehorn with a “Patd May 20, 1883” inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: Martin Gysin and Emil Huber, “Shoe Horn and Jack,” U.S. Patent 271,704 (Feb. 6, 1883).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Clothing & Accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1585
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1585
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoe horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 3.5 cm x .3 cm; 5 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in x 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.0325 cm x 13.97 cm