Match Safe
date: label: Date made
content: 1905
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
label: maker
content: F. E. Hathaway & Son
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal and covered with celluloid, advertises the F.E. Hathaway & Co., the oldest shoe store in Boston, Ma.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
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: 2006.0098.1022
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1022
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 4 cm x 7 cm; 3/8 in x 1 9/16 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15/32 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.2065 cm x 3.81 cm x 6.985 cm