Match Safe
Match Safe
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- Description
- Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, advertises the L. Lamb Lumber Co. in Minneapolis, Minn.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- match safe
- Associated Place
- United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm x.9525 cm
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/16 in; 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.11125 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1780
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1780
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- collector/donor number
- 47D.7
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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