The Triangle Matchbook Cover
Dateca. 1944
Mediumcardboard
Dimensions4 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (11.4 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPC2019.26.35
DescriptionThis matchbook does not contain matches. The background is navy blue, and the text and illustration are white. Along the fold, printed in white inside a box, it says, "Meet Your/Friends/Here." Below this is a drawing of the exterior of the restaurant, and it says, "The/TRIANGLE" above it. Below the image it says, "NEW MEXICO ROOM/STEAKS/CHOPS--SEAFOOD/CHARCOAL BROILED/Downstairs/TRIANGLE COCKTAIL LOUNGE/AL. 5-5361/CENTRAL AT GIRARD/ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO." In small print along the bottom edge, it says, "CLOSE COVER FOR SAFETY." On the reverse side, from left to right and top to bottom, it says, "THE/TRIANGLE/COCKTAIL/LOUNGE/Telephone AL. 5-5361/PACKAGE/LIQUOR/STORE/Telephone AL. 5-5381." Near the strike strip it says, "SUPERIOR MATCH CO., CHICAGO, U.S.A."On View
Not on view
December 14, 1949
ca. 1950
ca. 1964
ca. 1950
ca. 1944
