Sunday, December 21, 2014

Matchboxes With a Holiday Theme

A Vintage Matchbox from the Bank of Galesburg, Illinois Wishing Their Customers Season's Greetings


A Vintage Holiday Matchbox Probably From the 1960's or 70's of Unknown Manufacture


The Front (Top) and Back (Bottom) of a Mexican-Made Vintage Matchbox With a Holiday Motif Promoting Johnson's Wax of Mexico

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Cities and Towns


A Vintage Haushaltsware Matchbox Manufactured in West Germany During the 1950s Promoting Berlin Featuring a Bear, the Official Mascot and Symbol of the City

A Small Foil Matchbox From the 1970's Promoting the Economic Development of Chicago, Illinois With the Slogan "Put It All Together in Chicago"

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Museums

An Antique Matchbox, Manufactured by DZA Werk in Coswig, East Germany During the 1950s, Advertising the German Hygiene Museum

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Supermarket & Retail Food Store Chains

A Vintage German-Made Matchbox Promoting SPAR, a Dutch Multinational Supermarket and Retail Food Store Chain

Another Vintage Matchbox Advertising SPAR Supermarkets, This One Manufactured and Sold in the Netherlands

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Hotels, Motels, & Inns


The Back (Top) & Front (Bottom) of a Matchbox From the President Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan

A Matchbox Promoting the Ramada Renaissance Hotel in Zurich, Switzerland


The Back (Top) & Front (Bottom) of a Vintage Matchbox From the 1960's Advertising the Ching Chiang Hotel in Shanghai, China

A Matchbox From the Hotelli Presidentii in Helsinki, Finland

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Soviet Matches


A Vintage Box of Razmo Brand Safety Matches Made in the U.S.S.R.
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Two Antique Matchboxes Made in the Soviet Union Featuring a Circus Theme


Thursday, July 31, 2014

Israeli Matches

A Vintage Box of NUR (Which Translates as "Light" in Arabic, and "Fire" in Hebrew) Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Israel Probably Sometime in Either the 1960s or 70s

A Box of an Unidentified Brand of Matches Produced in Israel

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Candy

An Italian Matchbox From the Late 1940's or Early 1950's Advertising Nestlé Milk Chocolate

Monday, July 21, 2014

Brazilian Matches

Three Different Vintage Boxes of Aviacao (Aviation) Brand Safety Matches of Varying Design Manufactured in Osasco, Brazil



Monday, June 23, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Tobacconists

A Matchbox Advertising The Tinder Box, a Chain of Tobacco Stores Founded in Santa Monica, California in 1928

A Vintage Matchbox Promoting the Now Defunct David P. Ehrlich Company (Once the Third Oldest Tobacconist in the United States) Founded in 1868 in Boston, MA

An Odd-Shaped Matchbox Advertising Nat Sherman ("Tobacconist to the World Since 1930") Located on Fifth Avenue in New York City

A Matchbox Advertising Georgetown Tobacco, Selling the Finest Cigars, Pipes, and Smoking Accessories in Washington D.C. Since 1964
A Box of Matches Promoting the Up Down Tobacco Shop Located in the Historic Old Town Neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois

A Matchbox Advertising the Cigars International Tobacco Store in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania


(Top) The Front and (Bottom) Back of a Vintage 1970's Matchbox Promoting The Pipefitter Smoke Shop of Boulder, Colorado

A Matchbox From The Owl Tobacconist Shop, a Fixture on Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts For Eighty Years

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Chinese Matches

A Box of Esse Compact Black Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in China and Distributed by Black Horse Tobacco in 2013

A Contemporary Box of Double Happiness Brand Safety Matches Made in China

A Box of Fuxing Old Brand Safety Matches Produced by the Jining City Fuxing Match Factory in Shandong Province, China

A Box of Chinese-Made Faya Brand Safety Matches


Saturday, May 10, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Motion Pictures & Television

An Italian Matchbox From the 1950's Promoting Warner Brothers' Starlet Natalie Wood

A Vintage Matchbox Advertising the 1967 West German Television Comedy Movie "Das Schwedische Zündholz" ("The Swedish Match")

Monday, May 5, 2014

Sri Lankan Matches


The Front (Top) and Back (Bottom) of a Contemporary Box of Soorya (Sun) Brand Safety Wax Matches Manufactured in Kandy, Sri Lanka by Sun Match Company (Pvt) Ltd.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Restaurants, Clubs, & Bars


(Top) The Front and (Bottom) Back of a Matchbox From the 1990's Promoting Yvonnes, a Private Club in the Back of the Now Defunct Locke-Ober's Cafe (at the Time, the Third Oldest Restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts) Featuring Frederick Childe Hassam's Iconic Nude Painting of ' Yvonne' (Circa 1886) that Hung in the Main Dining Room of Locke-Ober's and Gave the Club Its Name

(Top) The Front and (Bottom) Back of an Italian-Made Matchbox Advertising the Pipa Club, a Sherlock Holmes-Themed Social Club & Bar Located in a Third Floor Flat in the Plaça Reial in Barcelona, Spain

The Back (Top) and Front (Bottom) of a Vintage Matchbox Promoting The Cabarello Bar in the Japanese City of Kobe During the American Occupation of Japan in the Post-War 1940's

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Polish Matches

 A Vintage Matchbox Manufactured in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland by Fabryka  Zapalek "Czechowice" (The Match Factory "Czechowice"), Founded in 1919

A Vintage Box of Chariot Brand Safety Matches Made in Poland

A Matchbox From a Series Produced by Fabryka  Zapalek in the 1960's Featuring Polish Aircraft