Mechanical Pencil
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1925
name: label: inventor of bakelite
content: Baekeland, L. H.
label: maker
content: Autopoint, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Autopoint, a firm that makes mechanical pencils, was founded in Chicago in around 1918. Bakelite acquired a large interest in the firm in the 1920s. J. Harry DuBois acquired this mechanical pencil from Rupert Lowe, an associate of Leo Baekeland. The inscription reads “Autopoint / Pat. made in U.S.A.”
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 J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0138.08
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0138.08
label: accession number
content: 1984.0138
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mechanical Pencil
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 152 mm x 12 mm; 6 in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 3/8 in; 15.24 cm x .9525 cm