Match Safe
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1908
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, has a photograph of General Meade's Headquarters in Gettysburg on one side, and Maj. General Hancock's statue in Gettysburg on the other.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Gettysburg
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: 2006.0098.0997
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0997
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 6.7 cm x 3.7 cm; 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 2 11/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.11125 cm x 6.82625 cm x 3.81 cm