Postal Telegraph compact
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A compact for makeup with brass fittings, enameled top and bottom, glass mirror inside the lid, and a flip-up brass plate covering a cloth pad. Brass plate is engraved: "Andre Duval". Top reads in part: "Postal Telegraph / The International System / Commercial Cables / All America Cables / Makay Radio."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN81688U02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Compact
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall (closed): 3/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 7.9375 cm x 5.715 cm