Bakelite Souvenir
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Blue Bakelite souvenir from the 1939 New York World's Fair featuring an image of the Trylon and Perisphere.
label: Description
content: Bakelite souvenir with inscription that reads “New / York / World's / Fair / Bakelite...Molded on / H-P-M / Injection Machine / Made by / The Hydraulic Press/Mfg. Co. / Bakelite” Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983), the inventor/entrepreneur who would later create Tupperware, probably picked up this up at the New York World’s Fair of 1939.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Glenn O. Tupper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0597.20
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0597.20
label: accession number
content: 1992.0597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Souvenir
label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Souvenir
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, bakelite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.1 cm; 1 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/16 in x 1 1/4 in x 3/16 in; 3.01625 cm x 3.175 cm x .47625 cm