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Mint Cafe Matchbook Cover
Mint Cafe Matchbook Cover
Mint Cafe Matchbook Cover

Mint Cafe Matchbook Cover

Dateca. 1945
Mediumcardboard
Dimensions1 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (3.8 × 11.1 cm)
ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPC2019.26.24
DescriptionMatchbook without the matches. The text and design is oriented horizontally on a mint green background. In yellow text near the upper left corner are the words: "A VIVIANI & SON." Printed large and at an angle below this and between two saguaro cacti is "Mint/BAR & DISPENSARY/ALBUQUERQUE'S OLDEST BAR." Printed below this is "DIAL 2-0725/212 NO. 3RD ST./ALBUQUERQUE, N.M." Near the strike strip it says, "Universal Match Corp. St. Louis." Along the opposite edge it says, "Close Cover Before Striking."

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