Comb
name: label: maker
content: Karolith Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Plastics made from the casein in cow’s milk began with a German patent issued in 1899. Production in the U.S. began after World War I. Karolith, an American plastic that used skim milk, was introduced in 1924. The Karolith Corporation gave this comb to the Smithsonian in 1926, for use in an exhibition.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.2610
label: catalog number
content: A.2610
label: accession number
content: 90755
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 24.765 cm x 18.415 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 24.4475 cm x 18.0975 cm x 5.715 cm