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The recent reemergence of Bakelite as an elegant accessory to furniture and cabinets has left a lot of people wondering, what exactly is Bakelite?

Dr Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian scientist, immigrated to America in 1889. In the early twentieth century he first invented Velox photographic printing paper and sold the process to Eastman Kodak. Then he experimented with various combinations of formaldehyde, camphor and phenol under pressure until he came up with Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic.

This material would be incorporated into the manufacture of Machine Age inventions such as telephones, radios, buttons, ladies' bracelets and brooches, toys, household appliances and cabinet hardware.

Some of the original hardware can be found today on "Waterfall" bedroom furniture- the typical styles of the 1930' and 40's.

Bakelite hardware was produced in a wide spectrum of colors, reds, whites, oranges and browns with a distinctive pattern of color variation within each piece and often in combination with metal parts. Many of the original creamy white pieces will have yellowed with age. Eastman Kodak used Bakelite for the outer case of the famous Brownie 127 camera.

Initially the name "Bakelite" referred to the particular form of plastic used in those early days but, as synthetic materials developed, the name was applied to any form of plastic resembling the dense, opaque yet lightweight material. Today reproductions of Bakelite are available and they often come very close to the original look of the early examples but are more durable and lighter in weight, not to mention much less expensive to obtain and easier to care for than original Bakelite process pieces would be.

About the Author

Cristi Page is the proprietress of Top Drawer Hardware and an expert on cabinet and furniture hardware, from period pieces to contemporary designs.

To schedule a complimentary design consultation or view the extensive hardware collection, including Bakelite pieces, go to www.TopDrawerHardware.com [http://www.topdrawerhardware.com].

History of Plastic

The first man-made plastic was created by Alexander Parkes who publicly demonstrated it at the 1862 Great International Exhibition in London. The material called Parkesine was an organic material derived from cellulose that once heated could be molded, and retained its shape when cooled.

In 1869, an American, John Wesley Hyatt, manufactured a material called celluloid which was used to replace ivory for the manufacture of billiard ball. It could be molded when hot and became hard when it was cooled. Later it was used to make photographic film. Leo Hendrik Baekeland manufactured the first thermosetting plastic ‘Bakelite' in 1909. Bakelite is a condensation polymer of phenol and formaldehyde. In 1877, the Hyatt Company and Xylonite merged into the British Xylonite Company, which exists today as BXL Plastics Ltd.

The man, who influenced the plastics industry more than any other, however, was a Belgian, Leo Baekeland, who immigrated to the USA in 1889 to better use his talents. In 1907 he invented Bakelite which would dominate plastics for the next 50 years. By 1930, gramophone records, billiard balls (originally made from elephant tusks!), telephones, camera cases, radios and chairs were all made of the new super plastic and history of plastic.

It was not until almost the beginning of the twentieth century that a second plastic was produced. Adolph Spitteler, which was a German, mixed sour milk and formaldehyde together to form a material which was really casein plastic. In 1909, Dr. Leo Baekeland, an American born in Belgium, was trying to produce a synthetic resin. He did this successfully by mixing phenol and formaldehyde together under certain conditions, thus producing the first synthetic resin. This new plastic was called "Bakelite."

Many new plastics have been made after production of Bakelite. Research along the lines of plastics has given a great momentum to research and invention in many other different fields of venture. Millions of dollars are spent yearly in plastics research, trying to find new plastics and to improve the existing ones.

 

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They use 127 film.

They produce the ultimate Lomo Look. They are horrible cameras but great fun.

The nameplate is available in black and, I think, red.
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Gene has some great Dick Tracy examples at his site:

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Dick's Tracy.

Wait a second.

I'm dyslexic and you will have to use your Dick Tracy decoder ring to figure out what I meant to say.

When you get the picture, use your two-way wrist radio to tell me what it looks like.

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