Celluloid Whistle
date: label: date made
content: 1901-1915
label: date made
content: 1912-1925
label: date made
content: after 1912
name: label: maker
content: Viscoloid Company
notes: label: Description
content: This plastic whistle shaped like a bird was made by the Viscoloid Co. in Leominster, Mass. This firm began in business, as such, in 1912; it began making novelty items from pyroxylin plastic in 1914; and it became the Dupont Viscoloid Co., Inc. in 1925.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Leominster
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1559
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1559
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Whistle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 in x 3 in; 6.35 cm x 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 7/8 in x 3 in; 6.0325 cm x 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm