Shoehorn
Shoehorn
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- Description (Brief)
- A shoehorn made of ivory-grained celluloid in the shape of a whale's tail. It was patented in May 1883.
- Description
- Celluloid shoehorn with a “Patd May 20, 1883” inscription.
- Ref: Martin Gysin and Emil Huber, “Shoe Horn and Jack,” U.S. Patent 271,704 (Feb. 6, 1883).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- shoe horn
- date made
- 1883
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 cm x 3.5 cm x.3 cm; 5 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in x 1/8 in
- overall: 1 in x 2 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.0325 cm x 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1585
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1585
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Celluloid
- Clothing & Accessories
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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