Object Details
- Description
- According to the donor, this dark green plastic cap was made for a tube of shaving cream, and dates from around 1917.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1917
- Credit Line
- Gift of Plastics Institute of America
- Physical Description
- bakelite (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 mm x 18 mm; 7/16 in x 11/16 in
- overall: 3/8 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 1.905 cm
- Object Name
- cap
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