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OBJECT TYPE: WALL/ADVERTISING
DATE: 1905–1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0038.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TIN

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 9.1 cm
Width: 8.0 cm
Height: 15.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
Period: C. 1905+
Canada: ITEM FROM COLLECTION OF DENIS B. ALSFORD (1929-2004). BORN IN BRITAIN, MR. ALSFORD WORKED AT BRITISH MUSEUM UNTIL EMIGRATING TO CANADA IN 1968, BECOMING WELL KNOWN FIGURE IN CANADIAN MUSEUM COMMUNITY. HE WAS CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS FOR ETHNOLOGY DIVISION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MAN IN OTTAWA FOR TWENTY YEARS, PLANNED ARTIFACT STORAGE FACILITY IN NEW MUSEUM OF CIVILISATION IN GATINEAU WHICH OPENED IN 1989, & WAS FELLOW OF CANADIAN MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION. HIS COLLECTION OF MATCH HOLDERS NUMBERED OVER ONE THOUSAND; HE WAS ACTIVE MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MATCH SAFE ASSOCIATION & AUTHORED SEVERAL BOOKS & ARTICLES ON SUBJECT (SEE BIOGRAPHY IN 2004.0024 SUPP. INFO.).
Function: CONTAINER FOR BOX OF LARGE "PARLOR" TYPE MATCHES WHICH COULD BE USED TO LIGHT CANDLES & LAMPS, START FIRES IN STOVES & FIREPLACES FOR HEATING & COOKING, FOR MELTING SEALING WAX FOR LETTERS, & FOR LIGHTING CIGARETTES, PIPES ETC. THIS TYPE WOULD BE MOUNTED ON WALL FOR HOUSEHOLD USE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF TIN WALL MATCH BOX HOLDER, WHICH BEGAN TO APPEAR IN EARLY PART OF 20TH CENTURY. THEY WERE FOUND IN ALMOST EVERY KITCHEN IN NORTH AMERICA INTO 1950S WHEN ELECTRIC RANGES BECAME VERY COMMON. THIS EXAMPLE LACKS STRIKER OR SLOTS IN SIDE TO ACCESS STRIKER ON BOX (REF. 2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "Our Clothes Wear Out./ But they take their/ time about it./ Lanagan's New Store/ AT THE OLD STAND/ 669-671 Main Street/ WALTHAM/ LOOK IN OUR/ WINDOWS
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK
Decoration: SCALLOPED WHITE LINE ALONG EDGE OF FRONT

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Unknown Manufacturer, Holder, matchbox, between 1905–1910, Artifact no. 2004.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0038.001/

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