Marberc Hotel luggage tag
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1930
name: label: maker
content: Cruver Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An advertising novelty for the Marberc Hotel, New Orleans, La. Made of cream celluloid, it is in two parts, which slide apart. A photograph of the hotel is engraved on one side. Advertising copy on the other side describes the hotel as "Canal Street's tallest bldg," "The home for the commercial man," "Fireproof," and "Ciruclating ice water and ceiling fans in every room."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: referenced
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
topic: label: Subject
content: hotels
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1039
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: luggage tag
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Luggage Tag
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.7 cm x 4.2 cm x .2 cm; 3 1/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; .47625 cm x 7.9375 cm x 4.445 cm