"Zippo" Pocket Lighter
"Zippo" Pocket Lighter
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lighter
- date made
- 1943 - 1945
- patent date
- 1936-03-03
- maker
- Zippo Manufacturing Company
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Bradford
- Physical Description
- stainless steel (outer case, inner case, cam material)
- iron (flint wheel material)
- brass (cam rivet, flint spring tip and screw material)
- copper (flint wheel rivet material)
- cotton or rayon (wick, wadding material)
- felt (felt pad material)
- Measurements
- overall, box: 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 8.5725 cm
- ID Number
- 1983.0394.02
- catalog number
- 1983.0394.02
- accession number
- 1983.0394
- Credit Line
- Gift of Zippo Manufacturing Company
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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