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Tissue, Lens

Object number2014.140.28

Manufacturer The Diamond Match Company

Datec. 1932

OriginChicago, IL

MediumPaper/Ink/Metal

Credit LineGift of Stephanie Mallinger

Descriptionper packet of lens tissue, folded like a matchbook. Tissue is blue and is held in the paper cover by a metal staple at the bottom. Exterior and interior has text with company information. Behind lens tissue is printed maker text including patent information.Dimensions3 x 1.875 in., 0.125 in. (7.6 x 4.8 cm, 0.3 cm)
InscriptionsFront of exterior has printed text "ANY STEEL / ANY WHERE / ANY TIME / U. S. STEEL SUPPLY DIVISION / USS".

Back of exterior has printed text in a circle "UNITED STATES STEEL SUPPLY DIVISION SERVICE" with printed text in the center "USS / TRADEMARK / STEELS".

Interior has black printed text "UNITED STATES / STEEL SUPPLY DIVISION / UNITED STATES STEEL / CORPORATION / Warehouses at / Baltimore Newark / Boston Philadelphia / Chicago Pittsburgh / Cleveland Portland, Ore. / Dallas St. Louis / Houston St. Paul (Twin City) / Los Angeles San Francisco / Milwaukee Seattle / Moline, Ill. Southington, Conn. / Headquarters Offices / 208 S. LaSalle St. Chicago 4, Ill.."
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Behind lens tissue is printed text "DIAMOND / Magic Lens Tissue / T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. SILICONE TREATED / PATENTED (U. S. A., Dom. of Canada, France, G. B.) / U. S. Nos. 1,873,610 & 2,029,245: Canada Nos. 337,250 / MADE IN U.S.A. for DIAMOND MATCH CO., Chicago, Ill."
Historical NotesThis object is part of the Buck-Frank Family Collection. The Buck and Frank families were Jewish families that lived in McKeesport, PA, and Irwin, PA, respectively, during the late 19th and 20th centuries. They were connected through Rose (Buck) Frank, who married Herbert I. Frank in 1930. The couple had two daughters Stephanie (Frank) Mallinger, born in 1931, and Ann (Frank) Hoechstetter, born in 1932.

Related institution United States Steel Corporation

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