Celluloid Letter Opener
date: label: date made
content: 1904 - 1938
name: label: maker
content: Fiberloid Company
notes: label: Description
content: The “FIBERLOID / INDIAN ORCHARD, MASS.” inscription on this celluloid letter opener is that of a firm that began in Newburyport, in 1895; moved to Indian Orchard, in 1904; advertised widely in the 1920s; and merged with Monsanto in 1938.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 2006.0098.1223
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1223
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter opener
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 21.5 cm; x 6.604 cm x 8 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 1 in; .3175 cm x 22.225 cm x 2.54 cm