Chero-Cola pocket mirror
date: label: date made
content: 1905-1934
name: label: maker
content: American Art Works
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Round pocket mirror and straight pin holder. The pins are stuck into the rim of the mirror. An advertising piece for Chero-Cola, made of ivory-grained celluloid and printed in black with a red trade mark. The front reads "In a bottle thru a straw Sanitary Always" and "Drink Chero-Cola There's None So Good."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Chero-Cola was a product of Union Bottling Works, a company started in 1905 in Columbus, Ga., by Claud A. Hatcher, a pharmacist. Chero-Cola was the first product in the Royal Crown line. The company became known as Chero-Cola shortly after it started, and in 1925 it became the Nehi Corporation. In 1934, Chero-Cola was reformulated and re-released as Royal Crown Cola.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Coshocton
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1168
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1168
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pocket mirror
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (front material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .6 cm x 4.8 cm; 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 in; .635 cm x 5.08 cm