Match Safe
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, advertises Washburn-Crosby Gold Medal Flour with the phrase "Has the Go To Make the Dough." The Washburn-Crosby firm was formed in 1877, and later adopted the “Gold Medal” moniker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1779
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1779
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/16 in; 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.11125 cm