Letter Opener with Celluloid Handle
date: label: date made
content: after 1908
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description
content: The advertisement on one side of the celluloid handle of this letter opener reads "Automobile Castings Gas Engine Castings Fine Die and Mould Castings."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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: 2006.0098.1171
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1171
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Letter Opener with Celluloid Handle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (knife material)
label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 22.5 cm; x 9/16 in x 8 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/16 in x 8 31/32 in x 1/4 in; .47625 cm x 22.7965 cm x .635 cm