Name/Title
Card, GreetingEntry/Object ID
1996.037.0045Scope and Content
Birthday Greeting Card
Set up in the form of a book of matches;
Front: yellow dog on a blue background
"Happy Birthday, Brother"
"close cover before striking"
handwritten in ink at bottom:
"will give you your gift next week end."
Inside: yellow dog with a birthday cake;
"May your Birthday be so happy
When it's over you will know
It was AB-SO-LUTE-LY MATCHLESS
(Except for the ones below!)
handwritten in ink "Marge and Bob"
Each match has a birthday saying printed on it;
Back: A Hallmark Card,
copyright 1940, Hall Brothers, Inc. 15B757
Giant Feature Match Books
made under one of more of the following Patent Nos.
1733258, 1839845, 1839846
Lion Match Co. Inc. New York, made in U.S.A.
3-1/2" x 4-1/4"Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
