Linoleum tile, wood flour
notes: label: Description
content: This is a linoleum tile made from wood flour and linseed oil. It was donated to the museum in 1920 by the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, as a part of a collection of objects that illustrate the different ways wood can be utilized in commercial production. Wood flour, used chiefly in the manufacture of linoleum, is wood in very fine particle form produced from grinding, sawing, and machining dry wood. The low density of wood flour makes transparent plastics opaque and allows for control of the color in the production of linoleum. The New York State College of Forestry was founded in 1898 at Cornell University and was the first professional school of forestry in North America. In 1911, it was reestablished at Syracuse University. Today, the college is a part of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Forestry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.20FP02.04
label: catalog number
content: 20FP02.04
label: catalog number
content: W904
label: accession number
content: 064766
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Linoleum Tile
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 4 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x 10.795 cm