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OBJECT TYPE: REUSABLE PRODUCT BOX
DATE: 1929
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0044.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: COUGH CHECKERS
LOCATION: United Kingdom

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General Information

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

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.4 cm
Width: 3.9 cm
Height: 1.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Environment control
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: United Kingdom
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1929+
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.). THIS EXAMPLE WAS ORIGINALLY MADE FOR LAURENTIAN LABORATORIES LTD. OF MONTREAL.
Function: CONTAINER MADE TO HOLD COUGH LOZENGES BUT PROVIDED WITH STRIKER SO THAT IT COULD BE USED AS HOLDER FOR MATCHES WHEN EMPTY. MATCHES WERE USED TO LIGHT CANDLES & LAMPS, START FIRES IN STOVES & FIREPLACES FOR HEATING & COOKING, FOR MELTING SEALING WAX FOR LETTERS, & FOR LIGHTING CIGARETTES, PIPES ETC.
Technical: IN BRITAIN & U.S. NUMBER OF COMPANIES MARKETED NON-MATCH PRODUCTS IN BOXES THAT WERE PROVIDED WITH SOME FORM OF STRIKER SO AS TO BE USABLE AS MATCH HOLDER ONCE EMPTIED; THIS EXTENDED LIFETIME OF PRODUCT ADVERTISING ON BOX. PRODUCT WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD IN THIS BOX WAS REGISTERED UNDER PROPRIETARY OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT No. 13616 OF 1929 (REF. 2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "Cough/ Checkers/ REGISTERED/ CHECK/ HUSKINESS,/ TICKLING COUGH/ AND/ SORE THROAT"/ RED LETTERING ON BACK READS "No. 13616 The Proprietary or/ Patent Medicine Act./ Laurentian Laboratories Limited/ Montreal." WITH ADDITIONAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL IN ENGLISH & FRENCH
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: RED, BLUE & WHITE PAINTED EXTERIOR
Decoration: BLUE & WHITE CHECKERED DESIGN ON FRONT & AROUND EDGE OF BACK

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Unknown Manufacturer, Holder, match, after 1929, Artifact no. 2004.0044, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2004.0044.001/

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