Match Safe
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, promotes Brother William J. Lawson, candidate for State President of Patriot Order Sons of America. This organization, which opposed unrestricted immigration, was established in 1847 and resuscitated in 1868.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 2006.0098.0988
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0988
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: 7 cm x 4 cm; x 2 3/4 in x 1 9/16 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