Name/Title
MatchbookEntry/Object ID
JJA.2016.3.7Description
This is a matchbook cover only. The front cover shows advertisements for Audubon Park and Museum and Hotel Soaper. One side shows an image of the hotel against a black ground with white and red text, "Hotel Soaper / Absolutely Fireproof / Henderson, KY. / 'Where the South Begins' / Close Cover Before Striking Match." The top of cover reads, "Visit our New / Cardinal Cocktail Lounge." The other side of the front shows Audubon's turkey against a watermarked image of the park and building in beige. Text reads, "While in Henderson / Visit the Beautiful / Audubon / Park & Museum / Henderson where / Audubon the Naturalist / Lost and Found Himself."
The underside of cover has black text against the brown paper. The text reads, "Audubon was able to / finance himself while his 'Birds of America' was being / published by rising at four / o'clock in the morning, paint- / ing all day and disposing of / his works at a price which / a common labourer would / have thought little more than / sufficient remuneration for / his work. He knew times / when with only one sovereign / in his pocket he had suc- /essfully sold his 'potboilers' / in time to meet demands of / the engraver."Collection
Benny Junker CollectionDimensions
Height
3-7/8 inWidth
1-1/2 in