Nail File with Celluloid Handle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Metal nail file with a celluloid handle marked "Ivory Pyralin DuBarry."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Pyralin, the trade name of celluloid produced by the Arlington Co., derived from the word pyroxylin. DuPont used the term in the 1920s and 1930s. The "DuBarry" line of celluloid dresser set articles, the first and most popular line from the Arlington Co., was continued by DuPont.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1430
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1430
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: nail file
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: ferrous metal (file material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 18 cm x 1 cm; 15/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 15/16 in; .9525 cm x 18.0975 cm x 2.38125 cm