Matchbox

Museum number:

2-48509

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Accession number:

Acc.4312

Description:

Cardboard matchbox with red, buff and blue lithographed lettering and designs including 2 front-facing owls in trees and “BIRD’S EYE DIMOND MATCHES” on front top; sandpaper for striking on one side; matchbox itself is jammed into place.

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)

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