Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A carbon steel razor with a molded cream celluloid handle. The handle is designed to look like the bones of a finger (phalanges).
label: Description
content: The inscription on the blade reads “...BURKE / HAND MADE / SYRACUSE, N.Y.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Syracuse
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1254
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1254
objectType: label: Object Name
content: straight razor
label: Object Name
content: straight razor with celluloid handle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (razor material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 15.4 cm x .8 cm; 15/16 in x 6 1/16 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 1/2 in x 6 5/16 in x 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 16.03375 cm x 1.905 cm