Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: after 1906
name: label: advertiser
content: George Wm. Hoffman Company
label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal and covered with celluloid, has an image of a nude woman on one side, and an advertisement for The Bar-Keeper’s Friend on the other.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: referenced
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
topic: label: Subject
content: Smoking
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1025
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1025
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 4 cm x 1 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/16 in; 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.11125 cm