Tool Case
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1938
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on the lid of this Bakelite tool kit, in raised letters, read “PHILLIPS / ATHLETIC / WRENCH KIT” and “F. C. Phillips, Inc. / Stoughton, Mass.” Fred C. Phillips, a mechanic who began work as a screw slotter in Chicopee, Mass., in 1899, established the F. C. Phillips Co., Inc., in 1911.
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: 1977.0368.29
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0368.29
label: accession number
content: 1977.0368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Tool Case
label: Object Name
content: Tool Case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (fittings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 mm x 87 mm x 130 mm; 1 11/16 in x 3 7/16 in x 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 13.0175 cm x 8.89 cm