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Title Cigarette box
Date 1939-1940
Document Type Artifact
Description Demonstration of plastics made by DuPont. Molded black plastic box with ribbed design and a fully removable lid. The lid is black painted wood, with a raw underside and a printed plastic image of the DuPont building from the 1939 New York World’s Fair, adhered to the top.
Fair 1939/40 New York World’s Fair
Keywords souvenir, commemoration, corporate pavilions
Dimensions 4 x 3 x 1 /2 inches (length x width x height)
Additional Notes A circle with “NIC” inside and a “2” below is stamped on the bottom of the box.
Archive Hagley Museum and Library
Archive Reference 54G1/P30-6
Copyright Hagley Museum and Library