Matchboxes
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875 - 1920
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Norway
label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
label: place made
content: United States: Delaware, Wilmington
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: Cuba: Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba
label: place made
content: Cuba: La Habana, Havana
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London, Bow
label: place made
content: Sweden: Västra Götaland, Tidaholm
label: place made
content: Sweden: Jönköping, Jönköping
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80759U13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matchboxes
label: Object Type
content: slow-matches
label: Other Terms
content: Matches; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (ignition materials material)
label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (ignition materials material)
label: Physical Description
content: sulphur (ignition materials material)
label: Physical Description
content: aspen or pine (matchsticks; wooden boxes and trays material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (vestas material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (vestas material)
label: Physical Description
content: pasteboard (paper boxes and trays material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (box labels and tray covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (box labels material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-in box: 2 in x 5 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 13.335 cm x 16.51 cm