Chinatown Restaurant Matchbook

Manufacturer / MakerCreated by The Ohio Match Company, Wadsworth, Ohio

Dateca. 1960

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 numberPC2023.10.40

DescriptionPink background with black design and text. The bottom contains manufacturer information and the top contains a warning to "Close Cover Before Striking." The lower part contains an individual in a long robe to the left of a black background with white antiquity-style mosaic patterns. These patterns are above and below cursive text in white for "Chinese and American Foods." The middle fold is flipped and contains a slogan. Above this, also flipped, is the name of the establishment in cursive and a phone number. The reverse contains information in black on a blank background of opening hours and foods offered at the restaurant. Chinatown Restaurant was located at 5001 Central Avenue NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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