Union-Made Cigars
date: label: Date made
content: 1907 - 1915
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
label: maker
content: Cigar Makers International Union
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, has a blue "union made cigars" label on both sides, and the words: “IF YOU ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE TRUST SMOKE ONLY CIGARS BEARING THE BLUE LABEL OF THE CIGAR MAKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: 2006.0098.0989
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0989
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 cm; x 1 9/16 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.11125 cm x 3.81 cm x 6.985 cm