Vinyl Shoe
notes: label: Description
content: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was created by a German chemist in 1872, but found little use until 1926 when Waldo Seaman, a chemist working for the B. F. Goodrich Co., developed a plasticized form of the material. As practical uses proliferated, PVC became the second most produced plastic in the world. According to the donor, this man’s loafer was the first vinyl shoe made in the United States. The inscription on the bottom reads "International Vulcanizing Corporation."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Plastics Institute of America, Stevens Institute of Tech.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0770.1
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0770.1
label: accession number
content: 1981.0770
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vinyl Shoe
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 86 mm x 108 mm x 284 mm; 3 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 11 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 11 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 8.5725 cm x 28.575 cm x 10.795 cm