Headlight Dimmer
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: Recto Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: According to the donor, this Recto headlight dimmer was made for a Ford automobile.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Plastics Institute of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0368.20
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0368.20
label: accession number
content: 1977.0368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Headlight Dimmer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 mm x 83 mm x 145 mm; 1 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 5 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 14.605 cm x 8.255 cm