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Description:

Brush with celluloid back, and inscriptions that read “THE ONLY HOT-ZINC COATED NON-RUSTING BURAIL VAULT / ON THE MARKET / THE SOZONIAN / GUARANTEED” and “THE BROWN STAMPING CO. Toledo, Ohio.” The Sozonian Steel Burial Vault Co. was in business in Toledo, Ohio, by 1921.

Date Made: ca 1920

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Ohio, Toledo

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2006.0098.1422Catalog Number: 2006.0098.1422Accession Number: 2006.0098

Object Name: brush

Physical Description: hair (overall material)cellulose nitrate (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.445 cmoverall: 1 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-ba97-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1345579

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