Pocket Knife with Celluloid Cover
date: label: date made
content: 1911-1937
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A pocket knife with two blades made of ferrous metal. A sheet of cream celluloid is attached to each side with rivets. There is no maker's label, but the knife was likely a souvenir from the coronation of King George V or King George VI of England. It reads "Coronation Souvenir" and bears the image of a crown with a G and an R on either side. "GR" could be the royal cypher of either king, as it stands for "George Rex."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: England
topic: label: Subject
content: Souvenirs
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Clothing & Accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1373
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1373
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pocket knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ferrous metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 7.8 cm x .5 cm; 13/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 3 in x 5/8 in; .635 cm x 7.62 cm x 1.5875 cm