Celluloid Beer Foam Scraper
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1885
label: Date made
content: about 1885
notes: label: Description
content: In 1935, the Smithsonian mounted an exhibit of plastic and other synthetic materials. This celluloid beer foam scraper is one of several items that the Celluloid Corporation provided for that purpose. The “P. BALLANTINE & SONS” inscription refers to a New Jersey brewery established in 1840.
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 Celluloid Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.318496.103
label: catalog number
content: 318496.103
label: accession number
content: 133593
objectType: label: Object Name
content: foam scraper
label: Object Name
content: beer comb
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Foam Scraper
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Beer Foam Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 8 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; .635 cm x 22.5425 cm x 2.8575 cm