Matchbook

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Name/Title

Matchbook

Entry/Object ID

2018.065.001

Description

Paper cardboard matchbook in green, red and white, advertising Longs Drugs. Shows mortar and pestle with letter "L" on front. Longs was a drug store chain on the west coast 1938 till 2008, when it was acquired by CVS. Many stores in Berkeley. 3 identical matchbooks.

Made/Created

Date made

1990 - 2008

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Matchbook

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Firemaking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Temperature Control Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

"Drugstores"

Search Terms

Longs Drugs, Drugstores

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: 3 identical matchbooks

Dimensions

Width

1-1/2 in

Length

2 in

Dimension Notes

folded

Location

Other

B2-3