Matchbox

Date Made: 19th century1885 - 1915

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: JapanAssociated Place: United States: Virginia, Alexandria

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Malcolm Westcott Hill

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.62.0216BCatalog Number: 62.0216BAccession Number: 235870

Object Name: matchboxOther Terms: Match Box; Fire Making Apparatus

Physical Description: ink (decoration material)paper (label, patterned paper material)pasteboard (box sleeve and tray material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 4.445 cm x 5.715 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-cf30-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_313066

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