Celluloid Handle for Straight Razor
date: label: Date made
content: 1880-1910
label: Date made
content: ca. 1880-1910
notes: label: Description
content: The “REAL / RED POINT / RAZOR” inscription indicates that this celluloid handle was made by (or for) the Utica Knife and Razor Co. of Utica, N.Y. This firm was established in 1920 by the Mailman brothers, Joseph and Abraham.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Joseph Mailman, 88, Head of Philanthropy,” New York Times (July 10, 1990), p. B8.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Celanese Plastics Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.334321.2
label: accession number
content: 310799
label: catalog number
content: 334321.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Handle for Straight Razor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 5/8 in; .635 cm x 14.605 cm x 1.5875 cm