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Museum purchase, 1995.72.2.3  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Firelighter Kits
Museum purchase, 1995.72.2.3 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Firelighter Kits

Dateabout 1959
MediumCardboard, metal, asbestos, wax
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (14 x 13.3 x 23.5cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1995.72.2.1-.11
Description[Retail display box for Thermos brand "Fireliters" with nine individually marked boxes inside. Each individual box contains two sets of six disks, metal brindge, wick, cup, and asbestos wick. The boxes are red, yellow, black, and white.]
Status
Not on view
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kugelman, 2012.324.4  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
1960s
Gift of Elizabeth Blakelock, 2014.17.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
mid 20th-late 20th century
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.18  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Socie ...
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
1962
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
about 1930s
Museum purchase, 1999.81.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical So ...
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
about 1930s
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1995.46.0a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History c ...
A. C. Gilbert Co.
c. 1923
Gift of Gennaro J. Capobianco, 2005.180.59  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Sperlari
after 1950
First Aid Kit
Reliance Fire Equipment
probably 1940-1950
Gift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman, 2007.24.64a-b, Connecticut Historical So ...
G. Fox and Co.
1870-1950
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.82-.83 © 2016 The Connec ...
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton