Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle and Case
date: label: date made
content: 1907-1927
name: label: maker
content: Durham Duplex Razor Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Durham Safety Razor Co. was established in New York City, probably in 1908. By 1910, now trading as the Durham Duplex Razor Co., it had a factory in Jersey City, N.J. The inscriptions on the celluloid handle of this straight razor read “DURHAM DUPLEX BLADES” and “DURHAM DEMONSTRATION.” That on the blade reads “PAT. U.S.A. MAY 28, 07.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1595
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1595
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: straight razor
label: Object Name
content: straight razor with celluloid handle
label: Object Name
content: straight razor with celluloid handle and case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle and case material)
label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (razor material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.4 cm x 14 cm x 3 cm; 9/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 5/8 in x 5 9/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 14.12875 cm x 3.175 cm