Match Case
notes: label: Description
content: This match case belonged to Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983), the inventor/entrepreneur behind Tupperware. The inscription on one side reads “The / Plastic Center / STREET FLOOR / Statler Office Bldg. / BOSTON.” That on the other side reads “Co-sponsered (sic) by / New England / Advertising / Beacon Products / Corporation / CAPitol 5413.” The Plastic Center opened to the public in January 1946.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Glenn O. Tupper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0597.21
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0597.21
label: accession number
content: 1992.0597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Match Case
label: Object Name
content: Plastic Match Case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.1 cm x 4.4 cm x 1.3 cm; 2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 4.445 cm x 1.27 cm