Matchbook

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Matchbook

Entry/Object ID

2011.68.23

Description

Small cardstock matchbook. The booklet is pink and printed with the words "HAMILTON the world's first . . . Electric Watch / HAMILTON . . . AT AMERICA'S FINE JEWELERS . . . . . . / Goodfellows". The reverse has a lighter strip and the inscription, "HAMILTON Electric Watch . . . . . . THE WATCH OF TOMORROW IS HERE TODAY! Goodfellows "Jeweler Since Before The Turn of the Century" 119 North Main St. Barre, Vermont Tel. GRanite 6-4002 YOUR HAMILTON WATCH DEALER". There is a full set of grey-headed matches inside, along with the inscription, "FINE HAMILTON WATCHES / Conventional Automatic Electric".

Context

Distributed by Goodfellows, a jewelry store in Barre, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2011.68

Source or Donor

Best, Clarice Bianchi Cella, Cella, Patricia

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Universal Match Corp.

Place

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Matchbook

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Firemaking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Temperature Control Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1-7/8 in

Width

3 in

Depth

1/8 in

Material

Cardboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

W. H. Goodfellow & Son