Match Box Cover
Match Box Cover
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- Description
- Tin match box cover with a celluloid overlay, covered with Ku Klux Klan imagery and mottos. “SYMWAO” means “Spend Your Money With Americans Only.” “Non-Silba Sed Anthar” means “Not for Oneself but for Others.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- match box cover
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 cm x 6 cm x 2 cm; 1 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 13/16 in
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1614
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1614
- accession number
- 2006.0098
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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