Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: 1874 - 1877
label: date collected
content: 1877-08-09
label: patent date
content: 1872-10-15
label: patent date
content: 1874-02-03
label: patent date
content: 1874-03-31
label: patent date
content: 1873-10-18
name: label: maker
content: Charles Parker Company
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
label: place collected
content: United States: Montana, Big Hole National Battlefield
topic: label: Subject
content: Personal Accessories
label: Subject
content: Smoking
label: used by
content: Indians
label: Subject
content: Patented
label: Subject
content: West
label: Subject
content: western expansion
label: used by
content: Native Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.392805
label: catalog number
content: 392805
label: accession number
content: 203592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
label: Other Terms
content: Match Box; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (spring, push button material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, iron (catch material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (note material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (note material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 2 in x 3 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.08 cm x 9.525 cm