Spool of Asbestos Yarn; Keasbey & Mattison Co., Ambler, PA. 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
notes: label: Description
content: One of a handful of objects retained from an original donation of 105 asbestos products made by Keasbey & Mattison Co. in Ambler, Pennsylvania, donated by the firm to the museum in 1914. The object list was: Filter cloth; Cloth; Metallic cloth, heavy; Metallic cloth made from asbestos yarn twisted with brass wire; Asbestos braided tubing #60 - 1"; Selvedge edge tape 3" x 1/16", heavy; Selvedge edge tape 1 1/2" x .025"; Selvedge edge tape - 1" x .020; Asbestos yarn - No. 1; 2 ply 26 cut; Asbestos yarn - 2 ply, 10 cut; Asbestos cord, #6, 1/8"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Ambler
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Keasbey & Mattison Co., Ambler, PA. 1914
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08282.000
label: catalog number
content: T08282.000
label: catalog number
content: T8282
label: accession number
content: 56625
objectType: label: Object Name
content: yarn, spool of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: asbestos (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 13/16 in; 10.16 cm x 4.60375 cm