Cosmetics Container
notes: label: Description
content: Plastics made from the casein in cow’s milk began with a German patent in 1899. Production in the U.S. began after World War I. Karolith, an American plastic that used skim milk, was introduced in 1924. The Karolith Corporation gave this cosmetics box to the Smithsonian in 1929.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Karolith Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.3744
label: catalog number
content: A.3744
label: accession number
content: 106011
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cosmetic Box Of Karolith
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 5.3975 cm