[Matchbox] Esso, Extra Motor Oil, Barrel-shaped, Card, Blue White Red
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Name/Title
[Matchbox] Esso, Extra Motor Oil, Barrel-shaped, Card, Blue White RedEntry/Object ID
2025.0.114Tags
Esso, Matchbook, Matchbox, Matches, White, Red, Blue, Edmonton, Laurier Park EssoDescription
A matchbox shaped like an Esso "Extra Motor Oil" barrel, containing red, white, and blue match head matches. Custom promotional information on the top of the lid for Laurier Park Esso, Edmonton, Alberta. A cylindrical matchbox, branded to look like an Esso brand oil barrel for "Extra Motor Oil". The box opens by lifting the top section up and off, to reveal the matches inside the bottom section. Inside the box are 23 matches, with some having a white top and red bottom match head, and the other half having a red top and blue bottom match head. The match body is plain wood. The main surface of the barrel has the following design: four bands of colour running horizontally around the cylinder (top 2/6ths navy blue, middle 3/6ths cream/white, a medium ring of navy blue, and the bottom 1/6th red); repeated on two sides is the Esso text logo (cream/white oval with navy border and "ESSO" in red text inside) in the upper section, below is the block text "EXTRA" in red and "MOTOR OIL" in navy, below the text is a small red dot, and at the bottom in white text is "IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED; AVERAGE 100 SAFETY MATCHES". At the top of one side, between the previous elements, is a smaller Esso text logo with the white text "EXTRA MOTOR OIL; A Heavy Duty Lubricant; (Supplement 1); FOR API SERVICES; MM. MS. DG. DM". At the bottom of the opposite side is the navy text "Designed by Imperial Oil Research to control combustion chamber deposits and to meet the most exacting requirements of modern high compression engines with hydraulic valve filters" and "MATCHES MADE IN ITALY" in white at the base. The bottom end of the cylinder (base) is a black striking surface, with a rounded raised 4mm lip around the edge. The top end of the cylinder (lid) has a metallic silver fill with the red text "LAURIER PARK ESSO; Lubrication - Breaks; Wheel Balancing Specialists; 142 St. & 85 Ave.; Phone HU. 8-6688; Edmonton, Alta.".Collection
Orphan Objects CollectionCataloged By
Chloe AnnaCategory
Matchbox
Paper Ephemera