Ashtray
notes: label: Description
content: Plastics made from the casein in cow’s milk began with a German patent in 1899. Production in the U.S. began after World War I. Karolith, an American plastic that used skim milk, was introduced in 1924. The Karolith Corporation gave this comb to the Smithsonian in 1929.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Karolith Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.3742
label: catalog number
content: A.3742
label: accession number
content: 106011
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Karolith Ashtray
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.525 cm