Celluloid Scrip

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Description:

The inscription on one side of this celluloid disc reads “1.00” while that on the other reads “THE BUXTON AND LANDSTREET COMPANY.” Buxton and Landstreet was the firm that owned the several company stores affiliated with the Davis Coal and Coke Company mines in West Virginia.

Date Made: 1890-1900ca. 1890s1890s

Issuer: Buxton and Landstreet Company

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Celanese Plastics Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.334323.11Accession Number: 310799Catalog Number: 334323.11

Object Name: Scrip

Measurements: overall: 1/16 in x 1 1/4 in; .15875 cm x 3.175 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e744-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_2793

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