Celluloid Novelty
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A souvenir novelty from Canada, it consists of an oval base made of ivory-grained celluloid to which is attached an orange celluloid cup. The cup holds a small glass bottle of "Canadian Rye" The bottle is empty. Text on the base indicates this is "The Last Swallow from Canada." This may date from the Prohibtion era but it's not certain.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada
topic: label: Subject
content: Prohibition
label: Subject
content: Beer & Spirits
label: related event
content: Prohibition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1692
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1692
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: novelty
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (bottle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.2 cm x 2.8 cm x 5 cm; 2 1/16 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 2 1/16 in; 5.3975 cm x 2.8575 cm x 5.23875 cm