Match Safe
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: Peter Woll & Sons Feather Company
label: maker
content: Cold Blast Feather Company
label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal with celluloid on both sides, advertised The Cold Blast Feather Co., and the Peter Woll & Sons Mfg. Co. in Philadelphia.
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: 2006.0098.1021
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1021
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 cm x 4 cm x 1.5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/16 in; 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.11125 cm