subject: Leominster
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Dupont Viscoloid Co. Souvenir Card
description- – A Dupont Viscoloid Company souvenir card from 1928. On the front is an arial image of the DuPont Viscoloid Company of Leminster, Massachusetts. On the back is a 1928 calendar and rulers in inches and centimeters. The image is printed with black and red ink on a rigid ivory celluloid card. The Viscoloid Company was started by Bernard Doyle, one of the first producers of Celluloid in the country. The Viscoloid Company was incorporated in 1901 and by 1923 it was the largest employer in Leominster. In 1925 the company merged with DuPont and changed its name to the DuPont Viscoloid Company. The DuPont Viscoloid Company made dress combs, brushes, toilet articles, ornaments and other novelties such as this celluloid card.
- – Plastics industry and trade
- – Industries--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Printing on plastics
- – Souvenir cards
- – 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.
- – 1928
- – Is part of the Permanent Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
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Foster Grant Letter from the War Department, Sept. 29, 1944
description- – WAR DEPARTMENT BOSTON CHEMICAL WARFARE PROCUREMENT DISTRICTROOM 500 75 FEDERAL STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSIn reply refer to September 29, 1944Foster-Grant Company Leominster,Massachusetts Gentlemen:It has been brought to my attention that your organization accomplished an outstanding achievement in the assembly and manufacture of the Eyeshields on your contract W19-025-CWS 334 during the month of September. It has been reported that the officials, and men and women of the Foster-Grant Company cooperated to the fullest extent in overcoming numerous hardships and inconveniences in manufacture. Through your efforts, production commitments made by this District to the Army Service Forces, Office of the Chief, Chemical Warfare Service, Washington,D. C., have been met. I desire to take this opportunity to express the appreciation of the Chemical Warfare Service for your outstanding efforts. It is requested that you extend to each and every one of your employees concerned the thanks of this service.Sincerely, LESTER W HURDColonel, C.W.S. Commanding Officer
- – A letter from the War Department's Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District, thanking the Foster Grant Company for the outstanding achievement in the assembly and manufacture of the MI-Eye Shields for Soldiers fighting in World War II. During World War II, the Foster Grant Company created many products for the United States Military.
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – World War, 1939-1945--Equipment
- – Foster Grant Company, Leominster (Mass.)
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – World War, 1939-1945--Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District
- – Safety goggles
- – 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.
- – 1944-09-29
- – Is part of the Archival Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
A Popular Exposition of the Scientific Merits of Redmanol, pages 12&13
description- – 002 ACCURACY and the Camera's Snapshot An expectant hush hangs over the throng as the throb and roar of the thundering racing car grows louder. Then a cloud of dust, the car visible for a fraction of a second, and gone;but its image in that instant is recorded on a plate for the picture in your tomorrow?s paper?. The camera?s parts are of Redmanol, because Redmanol?s ?press fits? are so absolute that no light can leak in to fog the sensitized plate or film. So, for dash-pots or printing plates, or telephone ear caps, Redmanol is the preferred material, because it offers such unvarying structure coupled with unusual and ever constant accuracy of dimensions. Where precision of parts is a factor, Redmanol has markedly cut down the number of rejections under the inspector?s micrometer. Every engineer will delight in the flawless, never-changing accuracy of his Redmanol Pieces. [12]Ear Caps for Sound Intensifier; Printing Plate; Camera Case Parts; Fuse Plug; Dash-Pot [13]
- – Two pages from A Popular Exposition of the Scientific Merits of Redmanol; The Basic Material of Many Industries. The booklet was published by the Redmanol Chemical Products Company in 1922 to"Assist Industry to Bettered Product and Lowered Cost."The first page talks about how camera parts made with Redmanol are so accurate that no light can leak in to fog the sensitized plate or film. The second page has pictures of different parts that are made with Redmanol including an ear caps for Sound Intensifier, a Printing Plate, a Dash-Pot, a Fuse Plug, and Camera Case Parts. Redmanol was a plastic made of anhydrous resin and was used for everything from machine parts to jewelry. Lawrence Vincent Redman established Redmanol Chemical Company in 1913. In 1922 Redmanol was consolidated with General Bakelite and Condensite Company to form Bakelite Corporation.
- – Photography equipment and supplies
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Redman, Lawrence Vincent
- – Bakelite Corporation
- – 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.
- – 1922
- – Is part of the Archival Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
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
Amorosi mirror back
description- – A colored drawing of the back of a vanity mirror 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.
- – Standard Comb Company (Leominster, Mass.)
- – Mirrors--Designs and plans
- – Standard Pyroxoloid Corporation (Leominster, Mass.)
- – 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
Foster Grant Company
description- – A photograph of an aerial print of the Foster Grant Company in Leominster, Massachusetts. Foster Grant was a pioneer in the plastics industry in the United States. Founded by Samuel Foster, Jr. in 1919 the company began as a manufacturer of hair ornaments. Most notably Foster Grant has been known as the first company to market sunglasses for mass appeal. By the 1940s Foster Grant was the largest manufacturer of sunglasses in the U.S.
- – Factories--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Foster Grant Company, Leominster (Mass.)--Aerial views
- – 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.
- – 1930-1940?
- – Is part of the Foster Grant Collection, 1933-1980s. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Foster Grant, MI-Eye Shield?Boston Chemical Warfare Service
description- – A promotional spread of four different designs of the MI-Eye Shield created by the Foster Grant Company in Leominster, Massachusetts for the Boston Chemical Warfare Service. Above the glasses are directions for the use of the glasses. During World War II, the Foster Grant Company created many products for the United States Military.
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – World War, 1939-1945--Equipment
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – World War, 1939-1945--Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District
- – Safety goggles
- – 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.
- – 1940-1950?
- – Is part of the Foster Grant Collection, 1933-1980s. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Foster Grant Advertisement, ?Easy on the Eyes?
description- – A photograph of a promotional window advertisement of the Anti-Infra Sun Goggles created by the Foster Grant Grant Company of Leominster, Massachusetts There are two posters depicted in the photograph. One has a young woman wearing the sunglasses, the second is a picture of the Anti-Infra Sun Goggles. The poster claims that for greater eye comfort one should wear the Anti-Infra Sun Goggles because the scientific lenses"eliminate 85% of harmful Infra-Red Rays". The poster with the girl lists the cost at 25 cents and proclaims that they are"Easy on the Eyes".
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – Sunglasses
- – 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.
- – 1940-1950?
- – Is part of the Foster Grant Collection, 1933-1980s. 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
Dressing comb, design no. 20
description- – A full scale hand drawn blueprint of a dressing comb mold created in 1948 by the Standard Tool Co. in Leominster, Massachusetts. The blueprint contains the view of the profile, the top, and the cross section for a beaded dressing comb mold, listed as Design No. 20. Tiara, Crown,&Crest are listed as suggested names. The blueprint is signed by E. Landry.
- – Industries--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Molds--Plastics
- – Combs--Design
- – Standard Tool 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.
- – 1948-10-12
- – Standard Tool Company, Leominster (Mass.)
- – Is part of the collection, Standard Tool Records, 1940-1969. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Dupont Viscoloid Co., Viscoloid Works Property Plan
description- – The property plan of the DuPont Viscoloid Co. Viscoloid Works in Leominster, Massachusetts. The property plan shows all the buildings, wells, hydrants, roads and railroad tracks that made up the Viscoloid Works on Lancaster Street, in Leominster, Massachusetts. Note the multiple small buildings that made up the complex. Companies that worked with cellulose nitrate used small buildings to minimize the fire risk inherent with working with the flammable material. Buildings on the plan are numbered and contain basic information about their functions. On the left is a chart listing all buildings and notes that list functions, and , where appropriate, when the building was removed. The property plan was originally created on September 3, 1926, but was revised as needed. A chart with the revision dates is listed on the left. The last revision was done on September 19, 1934. The property plan is an enlarged negative image embedded in plastic.
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Factories--Blueprints
- – DuPont Viscoloid Company, Leominster (Mass.)
- – E.I. du Pont de Nemours&Company
- – Property Plans
- – 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.
- – 1934-09-19
- – Is part of the Archival Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
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