Matchbook Covers--Businesses, c. 1960's

Name/Title

Matchbook Covers--Businesses, c. 1960's

Entry/Object ID

AM2017.16.5

Scope and Content

Matchbook Covers--Businesses, c. 1960's. Matchbooks used as advertisement businesses in St. Joseph, MO. Covers only. A = American Legion, MacDonald-Dugger-Duncan Post, 120½ S. 7th, blue cover with gold lettering & crest. B = First National Bank, "Complete Banking Service", black cover with silver lettering. C = Club 408, "Dancing Nightly", 408 Francis, cover with couple dancing. D = Country Club Tavern, 1120 N. 6th St., white cover/black lettering. E = El Rancho Restaurant, 6705 Memorial Hwy, tan cover with brown lettering. F = Players Club, 17th & Frederick, "Dancing", black cover with white lettering & martini glass. G & H= The Rendevous (tavern), 621 Edmond, cover turquoise with black lettering, mermaids, also red cover. I & J = Tony's Bar, 705 Edmond, pink cover with silver letters & martini glass; orange cover K = Tura's 420 Club, 420 S. 6th, blue cover with black lettering. L = Turf Bar & Cocktail Lounge, 5025 King Hill Ave. white cover with green letters. M = Girard's Complete Bait & Tackle, 3007 S. Belt Hwy, lavender cover with black letters N = Olympia Lanes Bowling Alley, 2414 Belt Hwy, blue/gold cover. O = Pla-Mor Bowl, (bowling alley), 216 S. 8th, green/red/orange/blue cover. P = Rose Bud Bakery, 5811 Lake Avenue, white cover with red letters. Q = Hy-Klas Foods, white cover with black/red letters. R = Best-All Cleaners, Bill Haggard, 16th & Mitchell, white cover with blue letters. S = Nash-Rhodes, cor. 7th & Felix, silver cover with white letters. T = KA Floral Shop, 817 Francis, gold cover with black letters, orchid U = Heaton-Bowman Funeral Home, 319 S. 10th, grey cover, drawing of building. V = Meierhoffer-Fleeman Funeral Home, Colhoun St., color photo of building on cover. W = Sidenfaden Funeral Home, 1802 Union, orange/green cover with drawing of building X = Stamey Funeral Home, 2335 St. Joseph Ave. red cover with silver letters Y = Hall Abstract/Tile Insurance, 118 N. 5th, "Catherine A. Kline.", green/white cover Z = General Osteopathic Hospital, 15th & Edmond, green/white cover. AA & BB = Hotel Robidoux, 5th & Francis, aqua cover with black letters.; aqua w/steamboat CC = Buck's Pioneer Hotel, 3rd & Jules, red cover with black letters DD = Colbert's Wholesale Plumbing, 6th & Olive, cover photo of bathroom EE = Richmond Plumbing & Heating, 719-725 N. 2nd, blue cover with white letters. FF & GG = Pioneer Sand Co, 202 W. Francis, silver cover with black letter; orange/black HH = Viscosity Oil Co, 1818 S. 4th, gold cover with black letters. II = Graves Truck Lines, white cover with red letters JJ = Don Lawrence's Cities Service Station, blue/green cover with white letters KK = Tracy Motor Co., 1102 Frederick, "Dodge Dart", red cover with silver letters. LL = Yellow Cab Co., yellow cover with red letters, drawing of man in car. MM = Boston Window Cleaning, 216-18 N. 4th, gold cover with black letters.

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

Banks, Hotels, Clothing stores, Funeral homes, Taverns, Grocers, Restaurants, Bowling alleys

Search Terms

Seventh Street, 120½ South, Francis Street, 408 Francis, Sixth Street, 1120 North,, Memorial Highway, 6705, Seventeenth Street & Frederick Avenue, Edmond Street, 621, Edmond Street, 705, Sixth Street, 420 South, King Hill Avenue, 5025, Belt Highway, 3007 South, Belt Highway, 2414, Eighth Street, 216 South, Lake Avenue, 5811, Sixteenth Street & Mitchell Avenues., Seventh Street & Felix Street, Francis Street, 817, Tenth Street, 319 South, Union Street, 1802, St. Joseph Avenue, 2335, Fifth Street, 118 North, Fifteenth Street & Edmond Street, Fifth Street & Francis Street, Third Street & Jule Street, Sixth Street & Olive Street, Second Street, 719-725 North, Francis Street, 202, Fourth Street, 1818 South, Frederick Avenue, 1102, Fourth Street, 216-218 North, Business, St. Joseph Merchants, Automobile Dealers, Bakery, Cleaners, Florists, American Legion, MacDonald-Dugger-Duncan Post, First National Bank, Club 408, Country Club Tavern, El Rancho Restaurant, Players Club, Rendevous Tavern, Tony's Bar, Tura's 420 Club, Turf Bar & Cocktail Lounge, Girard's Complete Bait & Tackle, Olympia Lanes Bowling Alley, Pla-Mor Bowl, Rose Bud Bakery, Hy-Klas Foods, Best-All Cleaners, Nash-Rhodes, KA Floral Shop, Heaton-Bowman Funeral Home, Meierhoffer-Fleeman Funeral Home, Sidenfaden Funeral Home, Stamey Funeral Home, Hall Abstract & Tile Insurance, General Osteopathic Hospital, Hotel Robidoux, Buck's Pioneer Hotel, Colbert's Wholesale Plumbing, Richmond Plumbing & Heating, Pioneer Sand Co., Viscosity Oil Co., Graves Truck Lines, Don Lawrence's Cities Service Station, Tracy Motor Co., Yellow Cab Co., Boston Window Cleaning

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 29, 2017