Celluloid Box for Neckties
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1892 (patent granted)
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular celluloid box. A paper label on the bottom reads "NECKTIES" and “Patented Oct. 11, 1892. Dec. 27, 1892, Sept. 19, 1893.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Alfred C. Hafley, “Method of Making Corners, Covers, and Like Parts for Books, Boxes, and Similar Articles of Celluloid or Kindred Material,” U.S. Patent 488,630 (Dec. 27, 1892).
label: Description
content: Charles H. Fernald, “Design for a Celluloid Sheet,” U.S. Design Patent 22,788 (Sept. 19, 1893).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Celanese Plastics Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.334539
label: accession number
content: 310799
label: catalog number
content: 334539
objectType: label: Object Name
content: necktie box
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 31.8 cm x 9.6 cm; 2 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 31.75 cm x 9.2075 cm