Match Safe
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1940
label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: Meek Company
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal and covered with celluloid, has a photograph of "Alfred J. George" on one side, and an advertisement for “George’s Palace” in Allentown, Pa. and "Daufers Beer" on the other.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Coshocton
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: 2006.0098.0757
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0757
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 3.2 cm x 1 cm; 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.11125 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.81 cm