Matchbox

Museum number:
2-48510
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4312
Description:
Matchbox; with cardboard cover with red, buff and blue lithographed lettering and motifs including eagle with “DIAMOND MATCHES” in diamond below within larger diamond on top; sandpaper for striking on one side; matchbox itself is jammed into place; length 12.1 x diameter 6.8 x height 4.6 cm.
Donor:
Eugene R. Prince
Collection place:
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
March 28, 1988
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Matchbox, accession number 2-48510, described as Matchbox; with cardboard cover with red, buff and blue lithographed lettering and motifs including eagle with “DIAMOND MATCHES” in diamond below within larger diamond on top; sandpaper for striking on one side; matchbox itself is jammed into place; length 12.1 x diameter 6.8 x height 4.6 cm.

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