Matchbook
date: label: date made
content: 1892 or later
label: patent date
content: 1892-09-27
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80759U15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matchbook
label: Other Terms
content: Match Book Cover; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: offset lithograph (decoration production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood pulp (match stubs material)
label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (striking surface material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, steel (staple material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; .635 cm x 3.81 cm x 5.715 cm