Matchbook

Name/Title

Matchbook

Entry/Object ID

1999.59.4

Description

Orange and blue cardboard bifold matchbook. The front flap is printed with the inscription, "DAVE PATTERSON / REAL ESTATE and AUCTIONEER / If we can't sell it, throw it away / WATERBURY, VERMONT". The back is printed with the inscription, "PACKED WITH AMUNITION", and a pinup illustration of a woman with an ammunition belt.

Context

Produced as an advertisement for Dave Patterson of Waterbury, 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

Patterson, David Thomas (1924-1994)

Related Places

Place

Town

Waterbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America