Matchbook

Name/Title

Matchbook

Entry/Object ID

1999.59.21

Description

Yellow cardboard bifold matchbook. The front flap is printed with the inscription, "TOWN TAXI / "PETE SHELTRA, Prop. We Will Go Anywhere Tel. 748-3129 ST. JOHNSBURY, VT." The back is printed with the inscription, "play safe CALL A TAXI", and an illustration of a car viewed from the front.

Context

Produced as an advertisement for Town Taxi of St. Johnsbury, 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

Town Taxi

Related Places

Place

Town

St. Johnsbury

County

Caledonia County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America