W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
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- Description (Brief)
- A letter opener advertising W. Atlee Burpee Co. Made of cream celluloid with green printed details, it has an image of a lima bean pod on the front and back. The handle section of the opener is in the shape of a pod, described as "Natural size pod of Burpee's bush lima."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- letter opener
- date made
- after 1877
- advertiser
- W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
- maker
- Baldwin & Gleason Company
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- referenced
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 cm x 23 cm x.25 cm; 1 9/16 in x 9 1/16 in x 1/8 in
- overall: 1/16 in x 8 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in;.15875 cm x 20.6375 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.0899
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.0899
- subject
- Gardens
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Celluloid
- Food
- Advertising
- Agriculture
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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