BOX FOR OSTER ELECTRIC HAIR CLIPPER

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

BOX FOR OSTER ELECTRIC HAIR CLIPPER

Entry/Object ID

2003.116.1.2

Description

Color: Black A box, consisting of a lid (a) and body (b) for an electric hair clipper by Oster, ca. 1928. Both parts have a fake leather coating to plain cardboard. the lid has two arched cuts at the bottom edges for ease of opening. Only very small remnants of a label are on one edge and the only readable part is the state "WISCONSIN." The box bottom has little other identifying features to it and both items are in poor condition with losses of the label and the faux leather paper coating; much staining; dented corners; abrasions; discoloration; stains; and tears.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Boxes (Containers), Oster, Hair--Care and hygiene

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Boxes (Containers)