US Fastener Company "Bag Plates" Sample Card, c. 1920s-40s antique hand-written 13 1/4" long and 12

13 1/4" long and 12 5/8" long respectively

but it would be very easy to add a couple of match sticks to the mix

The overall photos of it as useful just as a reference (very poor lighting

I first grabbed this First Aid kit because I loved the creamy white painted circle over black metal face (I now know concealing text reading “Property of U

but indeed it is

US Fastener Company "Bag Plates" Sample Card, c. 1920s-40s antique hand-written 13 1/4" long and 12This one is heavy with the weight of all these metal "bag plates" I believe snap closures for the flap of a purse or the like. I just love old sample cards like this, especially much handled ones with handwritten numbers and notes on them. This one was produced by the United States Fastener Company located on Milk Street in Boston whose work clearly involved holding all sorts of things together! c. 1920s 40s I believe, with a very satisfying reverse