Nylon Souvenir
notes: label: Description
content: Green card with a piece of white nylon yarn; the text reads “A SAMPLE OF THE FIRST NYLON YARN PRODUCED AT CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, JULY 19, 1948” and “Better Things for Better Living . . . Through Chemistry.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee, Chattanooga
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Herman Schneider
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0140.03a
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0140.03 a,b
label: accession number
content: 1982.0140
objectType: label: Object Name
content: commemorative card of nylon yarn
label: Object Name
content: Nylon Yarn
label: Object Name
content: Souvenir of the opening of the DuPont nylon factory in Chattanooga, in 1948
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.5 cm x 10 cm; 6 1/8 in x 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 14.9225 cm x 11.43 cm