Match Safe
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
label: maker
content: Vacuum Oil Company
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, advertises the Vacuum Oil Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 2006.0098.0991
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Match Safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 7 cm x 3.8 cm; 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 1 9/16 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.11125 cm x 3.96875 cm x 6.985 cm