Safety Matches
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Russia: Novgorodskaya Oblast', Velikiy Novgorod
label: associated place
content: Russia: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
label: place collected
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.175271
label: catalog number
content: 175271
label: accession number
content: 29821
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matches
label: Object Type
content: slow-matches
label: Other Terms
content: Matches; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: dye (matchsticks material)
label: Physical Description
content: aspen (matchsticks; box sleeve and tray material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (box sleeve and tray covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (box sleeve decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: red phosphorus (striking area on box sleeve sides material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.8575 cm