Plastic Checkbook
Plastic Checkbook
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- Description
- Black plastic checkbook designed by Julius Sharat (1899-1981), a Jewish industrial designer who fled Germany in 1937, settled in New York City, shortened his name from Sharatzick, signed naturalization papers in 1944, and died in Miami, Florida.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Plastic Checkbook
- Date made
- 1960
- Measurements
- closed: 165 mm x 86 mm; 6 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in
- open: 16.5 cm x 26.3 cm; 6 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in
- overall: 5/8 in x 6 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 16.66875 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0264.13
- accession number
- 1981.0264
- catalog number
- 1981.0264.13
- Credit Line
- Gift of Julius Sharat
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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