Switch Plate
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1933
name: label: maker
content: Hotpoint
notes: label: Description
content: Switch plate for a Hotpoint stove made of Textolite, a phenolic plastic manufactured by General Electric. General Electric began producing Hotpoint electrical appliances in 1918; introduced the term Textolite in 1927 and registered the Textolite trademark in 1936.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Plastics Institute of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0368.10
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0368.10
label: accession number
content: 1977.0368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electric Range Switch Base
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Textolite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 mm x 59 mm x 76 mm; 3/4 in x 2 5/16 in x 3 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 in x 2 5/16 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.87375 cm