Hair Brush
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on the body and handle of this hair brush read "Hughes" and "Lucite / Nylon / Made in USA." Lucite is a transparent thermoplastic manufactured by Dupont. Hughes Lucite combs and brushes were widely advertised in the 1940s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Phyllis B. Droppa
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0016.02
label: accession number
content: 1990.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0016.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Brush
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, lucite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic, nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.5 cm x 4.8 cm x 3.9 cm; 9 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in x 9 1/8 in; 3.81 cm x 4.7625 cm x 23.1775 cm