The Hub
date: label: date made
content: 1887-1930
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A letter opener made of cream colored celluloid. Advertising copy for "The Hub," a clothier in Chicago, is on the blade. The handle is a molded head of a clown, finely detailed and with hand-painted features.
label: Description (Brief)
content: "Henry C. Lytton and Sons Company, popularly known as "The Hub," was one of the city's premier clothing stores during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The main store was originally located on the northwest corner of State and Jackson Streets in Chicago's Loop. In 1912, the store moved into the newly built Lytton Building at 235-243 South State Street. Though specializing in men's clothing, The Hub also had retail sales departments devoted to women's clothing, children's wear, shoes, and other accessories."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Source: "Jazz Age Chicago: Urban Leisure from 1893 to 1945"
label: Description (Brief)
content: http://chicago.urban-history.org/ven/dss/the_hub.shtml
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: referenced
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Communications
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0898
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0898
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter opener
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.8 cm x 4 cm x 5 cm; 9 in x 1 9/16 in x 1 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 8 7/8 in x 1 in; 4.445 cm x 22.5425 cm x 2.54 cm