Word: chrome
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scissor business. Scissors in 5? & 10? stores have done less damage to the trade since they are made of cast iron, not forged steel, cannot be, sharpened and are used for little but paper cutting. Some moderate success in stimulating business has been obtained by marketing chrome-steel scissors that will not tarnish, and magnetized scissors useful in picking up pins & needles...
Inside equipment has been altered and refined. Flower vases are now in the Greek manner; many-hued rayon-silk covers the seats; Egyptian sculpture motives have been adapted for dashboard instruments; vivid soda-fountain marble is used for gear shift handles. With the introduction of non-dulling, non-rusting chrome-nickels, there are more cars with shiny, metallic surfaces than ever before. The hood is sometimes of different texture from the rest of the body...