Benjamin Harrison Matchbox
date: label: date made
content: ca 1888
name: label: depicted
content: Harrison, Benjamin
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this matchbox around the 1888. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill is an important example of early American industrial manufacturing that adapted armory machines to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This match holder features a bust image of Benjamin Harrison facing left, with text around his head that reads “BENJAMIN HARRISON.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1578
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1578
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matchbox
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.8 cm x 4 cm; 3 1/16 in x 1 9/16 in