Civil War Era India Rubber Hair Pin Box / Sold

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Civil  War Era India Rubber Hair Pin Box – Inventory Number: MIS 141 / Sold For many years, American inventor Charles Goodyear had been experimenting with vulcanization, the process of turning raw rubber into a useful, pliable, non-rotting substance, and perfected the process in 1839. Not long after, Charles’ brother Nelson figured out how to turn the soft, malleable substance into a hard rubber (hard vulcanite) which he patented in 1851. This 3” long cardboard box contains a hard rubber hair pin manufactured by The India Rubber Comb Company. An interesting Civil War period ladies in good condition.   Inventory Number: MIS 141 / Sold

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A Civil War Era India Rubber Hair Pin Box, sold with its original packaging from The India Rubber Comb Co., N.Y., contains a single black hair pin.
A Civil War Era India Rubber Hair Pin with two black, U-shaped prongs is shown on a white background.
A Civil War Era India Rubber Hair Pin Box, labeled "India Rubber Hair Pins No. 1" by The India Rubber Comb Co., N.Y., features blue print on a white rectangular vintage box.
A Civil War era rectangular box labeled "The India Rubber Comb Co., N.Y." containing one dozen No. 1 hair pins, offered as the Civil War Era India Rubber Hair Pin Box / Sold.
A Civil War era hair pin box labeled "India Rubber Hair Pins No. 1" by The India Rubber Comb Co., N.Y., sole makers of Goodyear's India Rubber and Gutta Percha comb—sold.
A Civil War Era India Rubber Hair Pin Box, now sold, contains a black metal hairpin resting inside its open rectangular box with a beige, slightly stained interior.
A Civil War Era India Rubber Hair Pin with two tapered prongs in a U-shape, shown on a white background.
A Civil War Era India Rubber Hair Pin with a black U-shape and two pointed prongs, shown on a white background.

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