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My Nylon “Museum” Collage of photos from the nylon museum inside Joseph Labovsky‘s home
Joseph X. LabovskyLate 20th Century
Science History Institute
Philadelphia, United States
Later in his life, Joseph Labovsky, a Jewish émigré and Wallace Carothers‘s former assistant, created a nylon museum at his home. He loved to show visitors around his museum. Notable guests included Wallace Carothers‘s widow Helen Carothers and their daughter Jane C. Wylen, who visited on May 13, 1996.
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- Title: My Nylon “Museum” Collage of photos from the nylon museum inside Joseph Labovsky‘s home
- Creator: Joseph X. Labovsky, Joseph X. Labovsky
- Creator Lifespan: 1912-09-10/2013-03-24
- Creator Death Place: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Creator Birth Place: Kiev, Ukraine
- Date Created: Late 20th Century, Late 20th Century
- Location Created: Wilmington, Delaware, United States, Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Provenance: Science History Institute
- Subject Keywords: nylon
- External Link: View our digital collections
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