Celluloid Novelty
name: label: advertiser
content: P. Ballantine & Sons
label: maker
content: P. Ballantine and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: In 1935, the Smithsonian mounted an exhibit of plastic and other synthetic materials. This celluloid novelty is one of several items that the Celluloid Corporation provided for that purpose.
label: Description
content: The “P. Ballantine & Sons / Ales / Beers” inscription refers to one of the oldest breweries in the United States. The company was founded in 1840 as the Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in Newark, N.J. Peter Ballantine, one of the founders, bought out his partner around 1850 and bought land near the Passaic River. His three sons joined the business and in 1857 the company was renamed P. Ballantine and Sons.
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 Celluloid Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.318496.018
label: catalog number
content: 318496.018
label: accession number
content: 133593
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Novelty
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; .635 cm x 6.35 cm x 7.3025 cm