Object Details
- Viscoloid Company
- Description
- This celluloid duck was made by the Viscoloid Co. in Leominster, Mass. This firm began in business, as such, in 1912; it began making novelty items from pyroxylin plastic in 1914; and it became the Dupont Viscoloid Co., Inc. in 1925.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1901-1915
- 1912-1925
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1550
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1550
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- Object Name
- Celluloid Duck
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in x 1 1/2 in x 4 in; 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm x 10.16 cm
- overall: 1 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 4 in; 4.7625 cm x 4.1275 cm x 10.16 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Leominster
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Celluloid
- Sports & Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Birds
- Toys
- Record ID
- nmah_1347343
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ad67-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
