Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
- Description
- An inscription on the blade of this straight razor reads “WORCESTER RAZOR CO. / WORCESTER, MASS. U.S.A.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
- maker
- Worcester Razor Co.
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (handle material)
- steel (razor material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.4 cm x 15 cm x.8 cm; 15/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 5/16 in
- overall, closed: 7/16 in x 6 in x 1 in; 1.11125 cm x 15.24 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1249
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1249
- Credit Line
- Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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