Match Safe
date: label: Date made
content: before 1941
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
label: maker
content: William Lanahan & Son
label: maker
content: William Lanahan & Son
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal and covered with celluloid, advertises Hunter Baltimore Rye. One side shows a man on horse jumping a fence. The other shows a whisky bottle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 2006.0098.0758
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0758
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: 4 cm x 7.2 cm; x 1 9/16 in x 2 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 13/16 in; 1.11125 cm x 3.81 cm x 7.14375 cm