Object Record
Metadata
Object ID |
F 309 |
Object Name |
Matchbox |
Description |
Small brown cardboard box with slogans printed on all sides from the Washington Match Company on Titus Road in Washington Depot, CT. On the top is printed "The only parlor match now made from which the heads will not fall off on being lighted, and which are not affected by dampness" On the back "Washington/Match Company/Washington/Estab. 1874.......Conn" On the side"Will stand good in any climate" On the front "The best Parlor Match in this market; made only by this company" On the side "Waterproof parlor match," and on the bottom "by rejecting Slide Boxes we have done away with the chief source of Danger in the use of matches." |
Date |
late 1800s |
Search Terms |
Matchbox Matches |
Title |
Washington Match Company Matchbox |