Spitler Puncture Plug Set (shown with inner tube)
date: label: date made
content: 1915
notes: label: Description
content: This Spitler Puncture plug was used to repair automobile tires. The brass plug consisted of three parts, a disk, cap, and lock cap. The disk went inside the tire, the frictionless cap went on top to plug the hole, and the lock cap screwed on to keep the plug in place.
label: Description
content: Early automobile enthusiasts had to cope with bad roads which damaged their tires. And the tires themselves also contributed to regular blow outs: the first automobile tires were usually adaptations of bicycle tires. They were highly pressurized, and often failed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Francis Hemminger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0321.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0321.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 82.0321.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0321
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puncture Plug Set
label: Object Name
content: puncture plug
label: Other Terms
content: Puncture Plug Set; Road
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; 2.54 cm