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Beavertown Matchbook
Beavertown Matchbook
Beavertown Matchbook

Beavertown Matchbook

Manufacturer / Maker (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Dateca. 1962
Mediumink on card
Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 in. (11.4 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPC2023.10.100
DescriptionCream background with green and orange text and designs. The lower part contains the manufacturer's information and cursive letters for "ride the" followed by block letters of "1863 Train at Beavertown." In the middle of this statement is a hand-drawn image of a train with orange carriages carrying green silhouetted individuals. Above this in the middle fold is a statement, flipped, for "Old West Amusement Park" and then above this is the location on Route 66 with the 66 in a road sign design, and an orange logo for "Fred Harman's Beavertown" in orange capitalized text with an image of the head and shoulders of a stereotypically-drawn Native American individual with a feather headdress. Beavertown was an attraction located just east of Albuquerque towards Tijeras Canyon, New Mexico. It was in operation from 1961-1963.
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