Dioxogen; Oakland Chemical Company
date: label: date made
content: ca 1915
label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on the celluloid handle of this letter opener read “Dioxogen” and “THE KIND THAT KEEPS” and “THE OAKLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY / H2O2”.
label: Description
content: The Oakland Chemical Company began business in Brooklyn, ca. 1881, and later moved to Manhattan; its factory was on Staten Island. Its main product was Dioxogen, described as a powerful antiseptic for external or internal uses. It disappeared from view around 1930, as did the Oakland Chemical Company
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: Advertising Devices
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1170
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1170
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Letter Opener with Celluloid Handle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.3 cm x 23 in; x 1/2 in x 58.42 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/16 in x 8 7/8 in x 1/4 in; .47625 cm x 22.5425 cm x .635 cm