Metal Die
notes: label: Description
content: This metal die for a Bakelite mold has a portrait of a man, and a “Trade Mark / C. E. Brooks” inscription. This C. E. Brooks was probably the inventor of the Brooks Rupture Appliance, and proprietor of what was said to be the largest business of the sort in the world. Headquarters were in Marshall, Michigan; additional shops were in London and Amsterdam.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: 1977.0368.02
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0368.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.0368
objectType: label: Object Name
content: metal die
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bakelite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 mm x 38 mm; 2 3/16 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 3.81 cm