Polyethylene
notes: label: Description
content: This block of polyethylene belonged to Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983), an inventor-entrepreneur who, while working for DuPont in Leominster, Mass., in 1937, found that polyethylene slag could be transformed into a firm and flexible plastic. To capitalize on this discovery, Tupper established the Earl S. Tupper Company in 1938, and built a factory in Farnumsville, Mass., in 1942.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Glenn O. Tupper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0597.18
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0597.18
label: accession number
content: 1992.0597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Polyethylene
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, polyethylene (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 10.1 cm x 1.5 cm; 5 7/8 in x 4 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 4 in x 5/8 in; 15.24 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.5875 cm