W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
date: label: date made
content: after 1877
name: label: advertiser
content: W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
label: maker
content: Baldwin & Gleason Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A letter opener advertising W. Atlee Burpee Co. Made of cream celluloid with green printed details, it has an image of a lima bean pod on the front and back. The handle section of the opener is in the shape of a pod, described as "Natural size pod of Burpee's bush lima."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: referenced
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Gardens
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Food
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content: Advertising
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content: Agriculture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0899
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0899
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter opener
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 23 cm x .25 cm; 1 9/16 in x 9 1/16 in x 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 8 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; .15875 cm x 20.6375 cm x 3.81 cm