Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
date: label: date made
content: after 1907
notes: label: Description
content: The Durham Safety Razor Co. was established in New York City, probably in 1908. By 1910, now trading as the Durham Duplex Razor Co., it had a factory in Jersey City, N.J. The inscriptions on the celluloid handle of this straight razor read “DURHAM DUPLEX BLADES” and “DURHAM DEMONSTRATION.” That on the blade reads “PAT. U.S.A. MAY 28, 07.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Sydney I. Prescott, “Razor,” U.S. Patent 854,851 (May 208, 1907), assigned to Thomas C. Durham.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1257
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1257
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.6 cm x 14.7 cm x .8 cm; 5/8 in x 5 13/16 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 11/16 in; .9525 cm x 14.605 cm x 1.74625 cm