Celluloid Souvenir
date: label: Date made
content: 1876
notes: label: Description
content: At the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876, the Celluloid Manufacturing Co., of Newark, N.J., received an award for toilet brushes and jewelry made of celluloid. This celluloid souvenir probably dates from that period. The inscriptions read “1776-1876” and “Exposition of All Nations / Celluloid Medal Memorial Hall.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: Centennial Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
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.334325
label: accession number
content: 310799
label: catalog number
content: 334325
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 2.5 cm x 6.3 cm x 6.3 cm; in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 mm x 35 mm; 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; medal: 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 7/8 in; .3175 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; box: 1 1/2 in x 2 7/16 in x 2 7/16 in; 3.81 cm x 6.19125 cm x 6.19125 cm