Matchbook

Name/Title

Matchbook

Entry/Object ID

1999.59.23

Description

White cardboard bifold matchbook. The front flap is printed with the inscription, "SHAMROCK DRIVE-IN steaks - Chicken & Sea Food Dining Room Service Phone 748-9746 Route 5 North St. Johnsbury Center Vermont 05863". The back is printed with the inscription, "You've never eater FRIED CHICKEN until you try ours!" with an illustration of a man in a suit smelling a wavy horizontal line coming from a window.

Context

Produced as an advertisement for Shamrock Drive-In in 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

Shamrock Drive-In

Related Places

Place

Town

St. Johnsbury

County

Caledonia County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America