Mica samples; Argentina; Consular Collection
notes: label: Description
content: Irregularly shaped fragments of mica, transparent gray with brown blotches. RSN written on envelope. Seven have paper stamps glued to them. Found with letter and memorandum from Dept of Commerce dealing with exhibition of samples of sheet mica from Argentina. Also mailing label addressed to the Chief of the Bureau of Foreign & Domestic Commerce, from Charcas, Buenos Aires.
label: Description
content: Consular Collection: Part of collection of samples acquired by US Consuls overseas between about 1898 and 1918, in the interests of promoting US trade and business opportunities; which was transferred by the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s-30s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Argentina
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Consular Collection Textile Samples
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80511V19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Samples
label: Object Name
content: samples, mica
label: Object Type
content: samples
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mica (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: samples: 26 cm x 24 cm; 10 1/4 in x 9 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.6 cm x 6.3 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in