Pan-American Exposition 1901
date: label: Date made
content: 1901
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, advertises the Pan-American Exposition held in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1901.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: Pan-American Exposition
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: 2006.0098.0921
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0921
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: 7.1 cm x 4 cm x .9 cm; 2 13/16 in x 1 9/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 13/16 in x 1 1/2 in x 13/32 in; 7.14375 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.016 cm