Mechanical Pencil
name: label: maker
content: Esterbrook Pen Company
notes: label: Description
content: Mechanical pencil with an “R. Esterbrook, PAT. MADE IN U.S.A.” inscription. Richard Esterbrook (1812-1895) was an immigrant from England who established the Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company in Camden, N.J., in 1858.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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.334331.138
label: accession number
content: 310799
label: catalog number
content: 334331.138
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mechanical Pencil
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.2 cm x 1 cm; 4 13/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 5/16 in; 12.065 cm x .79375 cm