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| Title | Ashtray |
| Object Name | Ashtray |
| Manufactured By | Bakelite
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| Description | Black Bakelite ashtray. Inside of ashtray is imprinted: "Bakelite Corporation, Bakelite, Chicago. USA" From its earliest commercial use, Bakelite was favored for ashtrays and other tobacco-related products because it could be when thermoset plastic molded products were resistant to heat. This ashtray carries the name of The Bakelite Corporation, which was formed in 1922 (after patent litigation favorable to Baekeland) from a merger of three companies: the General Bakelite Company, which Baekeland had founded in 1910; the Condensite Company founded by J. W. Aylesworth; and the Redmanol Chemical Products Company founded by L. V. Redman. In the 1920s the corporation had offices in New York City and in at 636 West 22nd Street in Chicago. |
| Date Manufactured | After 1922 |
| Material | Phenol Formaldehyde (PF) |
| Material Trade Name | Bakelite |
| Number of Objects | 1 |
| Accession Number | 2009_079.042 |
| Donor | Gift of Lawrence J Broutman |
| Broad Subject | Tobacco Related
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| Subjects | Ashtrays
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