Friction Matches
date: label: date made
content: 1881 - 1896
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Delaware, Wilmington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Walter Hough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.178156A
label: catalog number
content: 178156A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matches
label: Object Type
content: slow-matches
label: Other Terms
content: Matches; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: sulphur (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: pine (matchsticks material)
label: Physical Description
content: card (box sleeve and tray material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (box sleeve labeling material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (striking surface material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 3.4925 cm x 6.35 cm