Thumb Nut
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1932
label: date made
content: ca. 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Thumb nut made of Textolite, a phenolic plastic manufactured the General Electric Co. The name was introduced in 1927, and the trademark registered in 1936. The thumb nut was made for a Presto pressure cooker, a product introduced at the New York World’s Fair of 1939.
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 Plastics Institute of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0368.05
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0368.05
label: accession number
content: 1977.0368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Thumb Nut
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Textolite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 47 mm x 17 mm x 43 mm; 1 7/8 in x 11/16 in x 1 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 4.445 cm x 1.905 cm