Telephone Speaker Tube
notes: label: Description
content: Bakelite telephone speaker tube with a "Tech Art Plastics Company" inscription. The Boontown Molding Co., located in Boontown, N.J., was among the first to mold items of bakelite. The firm changed its name to the Tech Arts Plastic Co. in 1933 and moved to Long Island City.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0410.17
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0410.17
label: accession number
content: 1984.0410
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telephone Speaker Tube
label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Telephone Speaker Tube
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: lip: 68 mm; x 2 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 109 mm x 80 mm; 4 5/16 in x 3 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 7.9375 cm