Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal with a celluloid, plate on one side, has an image of an open car.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada
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: 2006.0098.1618
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1618
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: ferrous metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 5.2 cm x .5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 1/16 in x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/16 in x 2 1/8 in x 1/4 in; 6.19125 cm x 5.3975 cm x .635 cm