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Match Safe
Date made
ca 1910
maker
Whitehead & Hoag Company
Vacuum Oil Company
ID Number
2006.0098.0991
accession number
2006.0098
catalog number
2006.0098.0991
Description
Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal covered with celluloid, advertises the Vacuum Oil Co.
Location
Currently not on view
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