Match Box Cover
date: label: date made
content: after 1915
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A matchbox cover made of ivory-grained celluloid. The front is printed with the name of the organization, American Fund for French Wounded. The back has an image of the French and American flags. This is an advertising item for the organization's Chicago branch, located at 60 East Washington St. There is an empty matchbox inside the cover.
label: Description (Brief)
content: "The American Fund for French Wounded was founded by American women living abroad, to provide relief to small hospitals in France. The organization was initially established under the auspices of a British organization, the London Committee of the French Emergency Fund, but became independent in December 1915. Committees in eighty United States municipalities raised funds for the organization, which worked closely with several similar organizations, notably the American Committee for Devasated France and the American Red Cross. The Fund’s mission was to provide medical assistance for wounded French soldiers and civilians, and other forms of support for refugees."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Source: New York Public Library, http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/archivalcollections/pdf/amfundfrench.pdf
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: Associated Place
content: France
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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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: 2006.0098.1612
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1612
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match box cover
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (match box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.8 cm x 6.1 cm x 2 cm; 1 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 7/16 in x 7/8 in; 3.81 cm x 6.19125 cm x 2.2225 cm