Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: 1909
name: label: maker
content: Meek Company
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal and covered with celluloid, is dated 1909, and advertises the Boston shops of Hugh Devine and of S.A.S. Devine, both of which offered domestic and imported wines, choice liquors and cigars.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Coshocton
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1240
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1240
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 7.5 cm x 4 cm; 2.54 cm x 2 15/16 in x 1 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.11125 cm x 7.3025 cm x 3.81 cm