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GUSN-34990
Tin match box with two pockets - backing painted green and pockets blue at top and bottom. Pockets covered with a red substance.
match holders
tin (metal)
Holder, Match
"PATENTED JUNE 28 1859"
Unknown
5 1/2 x 4 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Charles E. Deane, Ruthven Deane, and Miss Mary Deane Dexter
1932.759
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