Name/Title
MatchbookEntry/Object ID
1999.59.25Description
White cardboard bifold matchbook. The front flap is printed with the inscription, "ST. JOHNSBURY GAS CO. 123 RAILROAD STREET ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT City and Bottled Gas".
The back is printed with the inscription, "HIGH-WOOD AND HANDSOME / A NEW FREEDOM GAS KITCHEN", with a full-color photograph of a midcentury kitchen.
The interior is printed with the inscription, "Another Example Of The Modernity Of GAS and GAS Appliances Featured In McCall's Cabinets by MUTSCHLER Designed by PAUL McCOBB Go Modern - Go GAS".Context
Produced as an advertisement for St. Johnsbury Gas Company in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.Acquisition
Accession
1999.59Source or Donor
Fuller, Louisa Ambrosini (1917-2003)Acquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
MatchbookNomenclature Sub-Class
Firemaking EquipmentNomenclature Class
Temperature Control EquipmentNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
St. Johnsbury Gas CompanyRelated Places
Place
Town
St. JohnsburyCounty
Caledonia CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America