Matchbox Cover
date: label: date made
content: 1916
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This celluloid matchbox cover is likely a piece of British propaganda from WWI. It depicts Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Secretary of State for War in England during the First World War. The piece is "In Memorium" and gives his birth and death dates ("Born June 24th, 1850, Drowned June 5th, 1916") and states "He Did His Duty."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Kitchener was the face on the original "Your Country Needs You" recruiting poster, featuring his mustachioed face staring directly at the reader and his finger pointing straight out of the page. It has been endlessly imitated and parodied, the most famous result perhaps being the recruiting poster for the U.S. Army featuring Uncle Sam above the statement "I want YOU for U.S. Army!"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
topic: label: Subject
content: Propaganda
label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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: 2006.0098.1603
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1603
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match box cover
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 6 cm x 2.5 cm; 1 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 in; 4.1275 cm x 6.0325 cm x 2.54 cm