Matchbox Cover
date: label: date made
content: ca 1926
name: label: maker
content: Louis F. Dow Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A tin matchbox cover with a printed celluloid covering. On the front is advertising copy for Lafayette Barber Shop in Hawthorne, N.J. It reads "Ladies' Hair Bobbing a Specialty." On the back are instructions for scoring bridge games.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Saint Paul
label: referenced
content: United States: New Jersey
topic: label: Subject
content: Hairstyling
label: Subject
content: Games
label: Subject
content: Smoking
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1609
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1609
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match box cover
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.9 cm x 6 cm x 2 cm; 1 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 3/4 in; 3.96875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 1.905 cm