Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1906
name: label: advertiser
content: Kranz-Smith Piano Company
label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Metal match safe with hinged lid. The wrap-around plastic label shows an image of a Chickering grand piano on one side, and a Bradbury upright piano on the reverse. The match safe was an advertising piece for Kranz-Smith Piano Co. of Baltimore, Md.
label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, has an image of a Chickering grand piano on one side, and a Bradbury upright on the other.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0993
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0993
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: 1 cm x 7 cm x 3.7 cm; 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.11125 cm x 7.14375 cm x 3.81 cm