Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1870- 1990
Abstract:
Collection consists of manufactured objects made of various types of plastic.
Type of Material:
Combs (hair ornaments)
Eyeglasses.
Medical equipment.
Samples.
Tableware.
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Subject:
Industrial design -- History -- 20th century.
Plastic containers.
Plastic jewelry.
Plastic novelties.
Plastic tableware.
Plastic toys.
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Extrusion.
Plastics -- Molding.
Plastics in automobiles.
Plastics in building.
Plastics in medicine.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
Syracuse Ornamental Company
Inclusive Dates:
1908- 2005
Abstract:
Syracuse Ornamental Company (Syroco) American manufacturing
company, founded in 1890 and based in Syracuse, New York, was best known for molded wood-pulp interior decorations
and gift and novelty items that resembled hand-carving. Later they integrated polymers into their molding process
and then moved entirely into plastics production. Collection contains illustrated sales catalogues spanning most
of the company’s existence and annual reports from the later period after it was sold to non-Syracuse corporations.
Type of Material:
Annual reports.
Catalogs (documents)
Promotional materials.
Subject:
Plastics
Industrial Design
New York State
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics in interior decoration.
Plastic novelties.
Molding (Plastics)
Moldings -- Catalogs.
Wooden novelties.