Matchbook

Name/Title

Matchbook

Entry/Object ID

1999.59.8

Description

White cardboard bifold matchbook. The front flap is printed with the inscription, "PAUL E. SHIELDS DURACLEAN COMMERCIAL AND HOME SERVICE Phone 7483669 Passumpsic, Vt. 05861." The back is printed with the inscription, "DURACLEAN / DURASHIELD / DURAPROOF / SPOTCRAFT / TUFTCRAFT / SHOCK-LESS". The interior is printed with the inscription, "

Context

Produced as an advertisement for Durashield in Passumpsic, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1999.59

Source or Donor

Fuller, Louisa Ambrosini (1917-2003)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Matchbook

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Firemaking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Temperature Control Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Material

Cardboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sheilds, Paul Eugene (1929-2018)

Person or Organization

Durashield

Related Places

Place

Village

Passumpsic

Town

Barnet

County

Caledonia County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America