Celluloid Badge

Description:

The Celanese Plastics Company donated this celluloid badge to the Smithsonian in 1973. The “SPEEDWAY PARK ASSOCIATION” inscription is that of an organization that was incorporated in 1914, and that built a two-mile board track on the west side of Chicago.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Celanese Plastic Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.334569Catalog Number: 334569Accession Number: 310799

Object Name: association badge

Measurements: overall: 1 cm x 11.4 cm; 3/8 in x 4 1/2 inoverall: 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 11.43 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-eb60-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_2944

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