subject: Comb Industry
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Amorosi ornamental comb
description- – A colored drawing of an ornamental back comb done by Samuel Amorosi. Samuel Amorosi and his father, George Amorosi, both worked for the Standard Pyroxoloid Corporation in Leominster, Massachusetts, where they designed the mirrors and combs for vanity sets. Samuel was trained at the School of the Worcester Art Museum and was a skilled die maker and designer as well as an artist and sculptor.
- – Combs--Designs and plans
- – Standard Comb Company (Leominster, Mass.)
- – Standard Pyroxoloid Corporation (Leominster, Mass.)
- – Ornamental combs
- – Comb industry--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Amorosi, Samuel
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1930-1950?
- – Is part of the collection, the Amorosi Family Papers, ca. 1930-1940s. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Dupont ?Doyle Works? Inlaying Combs with Company Name and U.S.A.
description- – An unidentified factory worker at the DuPont factory in Leominster, Massachusetts using a machine that inlays combs with the Company Name,"Doyle Works", and U.S.A.
- – Dupont Viscoloid Company (Leominster, Mass.)
- – Comb industry--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1948
- – Is part of the DuPont Photograph Collection. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Dupont ?Doyle Works? Tooth Cutting Machine for Celluloid Combs
description- – Charles Sheehan using a Tooth Cutting Machine for cutting teeth in celluloid combs at the Dupont"Doyle Works"factory in Leominster, Massachusetts.
- – Dupont Viscoloid Company, Leominster (Mass.)
- – Comb industry--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Sheehan, Charles
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1948
- – Is part of the DuPont Photograph Collection. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Dupont ?Doyle Works? Infirmary, ca. 1942
description- – Doctor Charles Cronin works on the injured hand of Jack Foster while nurse Eleanora Bizzarri assists in the Infirmary at the DuPont"Doyle Works"Factory in Leominster, Massachusetts.
- – Dupont Viscoloid Company, Leominster (Mass.)
- – Comb industry--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Industries--Hospitals
- – E.I. du Pont de Nemours&Company
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1942
- – Is part of the DuPont Photograph Collection. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Photograph of the Standard Comb Company, manufacturers of hair ornaments
description- – The Standard Comb Company, manufacturers of hair ornaments, on the corner of Pleasant and Cottage Streets in Leominster, Massachusetts. The Standard Comb Company eventually became the Standard Pyroxoloid Company. The Standard Comb Company was one of many comb companies in Leominster and is symbolic of how the Plastics Industry started in Leominster, Massachusetts. Early combs were made of animal shell, horn, and hooves, but by the mid 1800s, these supplies were dwindling rapidly. Everything changed when in 1868 John Wesley Hyatt invented a material made from cellulose nitrate, to which he gave the name"celluloid". Celluloid was hard, durable, and easy to shape and mold when heated. Leominster's facilities for horn fabrication rapidly become the center for plastic fabrication in the United States. Leominster used celluloid not only for combs but also for toys, cutlery handles, optical frames, buttons, and novelties of all shapes and sizes. The peak of the plastics industry in Leominster was between 1900 and 1920.
- – Standard Pyroxoloid Corporation (Leominster, Mass.)
- – Comb industry--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Standard Comb Company (Leominster, Mass)
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1900-1920?
- – Is part of the collection, Standard Comb Photographs. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
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