Bakelite Souvenir
notes: label: Description
content: Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983), the inventor/entrepreneur who would later create Tupperware, probably picked up this Bakelite souvenir at the New York World’s Fair of 1939. It has a 6-inch ruler on one side, and an inscription that reads "B / Trade Mark / Bakelite / The / Material / of a / Thousand / Uses." A paper tag reads on one side, "FJS / Made in / U.S.A. / Molded on / Stokes / Automated / Press." The F. J. Stokes Machine Co. was a Philadelphia firm that made presses of various sorts.
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: 1992.0597.19
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0597.19
label: accession number
content: 1992.0597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Souvenir Scale
label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Souvenir
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, bakelite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.3 cm x 3.1 cm; 3 11/16 in x 1 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 1 5/16 in x 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 3.33375 cm x .635 cm