Nylon Flakes
date: label: Date made
content: 1939-12-10
label: Date made
content: dated December 10, 1939
notes: label: Description
content: Glass jar containing an early batch of nylon flakes. One paper label reads “Batch #1 / Seaford / Polymer.” Another reads “Approx. 12/10/39.”
label: Description
content: Ref: “Du Pont Discloses New Yarn Details,” New York Times (Oct. 28, 1938), p. 34.
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 Herman Schneider
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0140.02
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0140.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0140
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nylon Flakes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 142 mm x 50 mm; 5 9/16 in x 1 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 2 in x 2 in; 14.2875 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm