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Vinyl Shoe

American History Museum

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    Object Details

    Description

    Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was created by a German chemist in 1872, but found little use until 1926 when Waldo Seaman, a chemist working for the B. F. Goodrich Co., developed a plasticized form of the material. As practical uses proliferated, PVC became the second most produced plastic in the world. According to the donor, this man’s loafer was the first vinyl shoe made in the United States. The inscription on the bottom reads "International Vulcanizing Corporation."

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Plastics Institute of America, Stevens Institute of Tech.

    ID Number

    1981.0770.1

    catalog number

    1981.0770.1

    accession number

    1981.0770

    Object Name

    Vinyl Shoe

    Measurements

    overall: 86 mm x 108 mm x 284 mm; 3 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 11 3/16 in
    overall: 3 3/8 in x 11 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 8.5725 cm x 28.575 cm x 10.795 cm

    place made

    United States

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    Medicine and Science: Chemistry

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e4e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_504

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