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Cottage Cafe Matchbook
Cottage Cafe Matchbook
Cottage Cafe Matchbook

Cottage Cafe Matchbook

Dateca. 1940
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 numberPC2023.10.9
DescriptionThe Cottage Cafe was located at 1605 West Central Avenue in Albuquerque. The matchbook is a light green, with white squared background frames a woman facing away from the viewer. Next to her is the caption, "A Slip of a Miss." On the spine of the matchbook is a description of the cafe and information on its location in blue with small white squares on either side of the border. Reverse contains information on the distance in miles to other locations from Albuquerque.
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