Silver Spur Restaurant Matchbook
Manufacturer / MakerCreated by
Diamond Match Co. San Franscisco
(San Francisco, California)
Dateca. 1950
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 numberPC2023.10.43
DescriptionBronze reflective background with silver text and designs. The bottom contains manufacturer information and the top contains a warning to "Close Cover Before Striking Match." The lower part contains a design of a sign post outlining the name of the restaurant and a spur dangling below. "JACK MARTIN" is written below. The middle fold contains "Finest for Families at Family Prices" as a slogan (flipped) and the top part contains spur design mirrored, the name of the restaurant and the location. On the reverse, there is a slogan and a design of a box being lassoed by an individual wearing chaps, shirt and tie, and a cowboy hat. The location is also below this. The Silver Spur Restaurant was located at 5600 Central Avenue SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.On View
Not on view
Kaeser and Blair Incorporated, Cincinatti, Ohio
ca. 1955
