Celluloid Novelty
date: label: date made
content: 1937
name: label: maker
content: Nicholson File Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Flat, rectangular card advertising the Nicholson File Company of Providence, R.I. It has a red front with green border and an image of a nail file with a product box. The reverse is white with red and black print, and has a calendar for 1937. This was likely an ad for a French-speaking country, as the front reads, "La Lime Qui Dure" and "Une Lime Appropriée Pour Tout Travail" meaning "The File that Lasts" and "A File Suited for All Work."
label: Description
content: One side of this celluloid card has a calendar for 1937 and an advertisement for the Nicholson File Company in Providence, R.I. The other side has an image of a Nicholson file, “La Lime Qui Dure.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0598
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0598
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calendar
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Novelty
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.7 cm x 5.5 cm; 3 7/16 in x 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 3 7/16 in; .15875 cm x 5.55625 cm x 8.73125 cm