Dictionary with Celluloid Cover
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: A. P. Little, Inc.
label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description
content: Adelbert P. Little (1848-1921) was a graduate of the University of Rochester, a court stenographer, and founder of The A. P. Little Co. in Rochester, N.Y. That firm produced typewriter ribbons and carbon papers, as well as this <i>Stenographer’s Dictionary</i>. The front cover uses an image of an African-American man to advertise “Little’s Satin Finish Carbon.” The back cover uses an image of a spider to advertise “Cobweb Carbon.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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: 2006.0098.1363
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1363
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dictionary with Celluloid Cover
label: Object Name
content: stenographers dictionary
label: Object Name
content: dictionary
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: celulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 13 cm; x 2 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 in x 5 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm