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Nail File and Mirror Set
Specifications
Nail File and Mirror Set
Category
World's Fairs
Classification
CHENHALL - Personal Objects - Toilet Articles - Beauty Supplies - Tool, Manicure - Set, Manicure
Object Origin
Date Manufactured:
1933
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Tan leather envelope style case (a) a silver metal nail file (c) and mirror (b) with green leather boarder. Case is rectangular and orientated horizontally. Top flap is secured by a red metal snap centered near the bottom edge. On the top flap is text and a line drawing of the Hall of Science is embossed in black, a name is embossed in gold. The nail file is thin metal with a pointed end, and a curved handle end; towards the pointed end is a sect...
Marks: Left: "SOUVENIR / of / A CENTURY of PROGRESS / CHICAGO 1933" Right: "HALL of SCIENCE/ PEARL E. HIMES"
Measurements: Object A:
Length: 4.625 in, Width: 2 in, Depth: 0.375 in
Weight: 0.049 lbs
Object B:
Credit
Gift of Howard Rossen, 1993.44.426a-c
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Nail File and Mirror Set
About: Nail File and Mirror Set
About: Nail File and Mirror Set
When the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition closed in 1934, over 48,000,000 people had visited the exposition who had purchased souvenirs as a reminder of their trip. This yellow leather nail file and mirror set from the exposition was personalized with the owner’s name Pearl E. Himes, who may have attended the exposition.
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