Helmet
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1935
label: date made
content: ca 1935
name: label: maker
content: Mine Safety Appliances Company
notes: label: Description
content: Bakelite helmet with inscription reading “M.S.A. Skullgard / Protective Hat - Type K / Size 7 ¼.” The Mine Safety Appliances Company was established in Pittsburgh in 1914, two years after a particularly deadly mine disaster in West Virginia. Its first product, developed with the help of Thomas A. Edison, was an electric cap lamp. The firm introduced the term “Skullgard” in 1932.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: Safety
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Union Carbide Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0976.41
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0976.41
label: accession number
content: 1981.0976
objectType: label: Object Name
content: helmet
label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Helmet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 26.5 cm x 30.1 cm; 5 1/2 in x 10 7/16 in x 11 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 12 in; 16.51 cm x 26.67 cm x 30.48 cm