On View
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Dateca. 1858
Terms
- Sulfur Matches
- Wood
Dimensions5.08 × 1.27 cm (2 × 1/2 in.)
Markingssee description
Credit LineBequest of Colonel George Lincoln Prescott (1941)
Object numberH2240C
DescriptionFive matches, written in ink on one side: "1858". 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