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Hi All,
Not a conservation/collections person, but I wonder:
What about putting matches in a fire-proof box?
If such a fire-proof box can keep fire out, can't it
also keep incendiaries safely contained inside?
This would allow for matchbooks to be kept intact?
Sincerely curious,
Jay Heuman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimberly Kenney, Curator [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 2:22 PM
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> Subject: matches in the collection
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> Hello,
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> What precautions -- if any -- should we take with
> matchbooks, matchboxes, etc. in the collection?
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> Thanks,
> Kim Kenney, Curator
> McKinley Museum
> 800 McKinley Monument Dr. NW
> Canton OH 44708 * 330-455-7043
> "Let us ever remember that our interests are in concord, not conflict;
> and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace,
> not those of
> war." --25th United States President William McKinley
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