Celluloid Postcard

Description:

One side of this celluloid postcard features a black and white photographic image of a wilderness scene at Emerald Isle, British Columbia. The other side has a postmark from Coatesville, Pa.

Date Made: ca 1907

Maker: Rose Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: MailCanada

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Chemistry, Celluloid, Communications

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2006.0098.0031Catalog Number: 2006.0098.0031Accession Number: 2006.0098

Object Name: postcardpost cardCelluloid Post Card

Physical Description: cellulose nitrate (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8.1 cm x 13.3 cm; 3 3/16 in x 5 1/4 inoverall: 3 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 8.255 cm x 13.335 cm x 1.27 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-fa48-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1316751

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