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Date1800s
Terms
- Sulfur Matches
- Wood
Dimensions6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. Allen French (1933)
Object numberH2240A
DescriptionCard of matches. From file: "Cards of matches, in use before the more modern matches came in, that strike with a flame. These matches when rubbed ignited slowly from the phosphorus to the sulphur, the smell of the latter giving them the slang name of 'hell-stick'".
Object number: B1162
Object number: PER1173.3.34