El Fidel Hotel matchbook
Dateca. 1945
Mediumink on card
Dimensions4 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (11.4 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPC2023.10.19
DescriptionThere are green, black, blue, black, and green backgrounds from top to bottom. The first in green contains matchbook instructions in black flipped, the second contains information on Mike Kirk Indian Trading in the El Fidel lobby. The text for this is in reflective silver and there is also six arrows in blue, red, and white alongisde an image of an eagle with spread wings in red. Below this with the blue background is a description of the rooms in the hotel. There is an image of the El Fidel Hotel below this over a black background with blue and reflective silver text to either side of the image. Another variant design of the eagle is in the lower left of this section. Below is the manufacting information in green and then the strike area. The left border is a solid cream color and the right border is a geometric design of red and cream triangles with the latter containing blue dots in the center. There is also a silver edge to this right side.On View
Not on view
ca. 1945
ca. 1950
ca. 1940
mid-20th century
ca. 1950
