Pelican's Matchbox
Dateca. 1985
Mediumcardboard
Dimensions2 × 1 3/8 × 1/2 in. (5.1 × 3.5 × 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Dennis and Yvonne A. Gardner
Object numberPC2005.14.2.8
DescriptionThis matchbox promotes Pelican's restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The box is all white, with the Pelican's logo on the front. The restaurant logo has an outlined image of a pelican standing on wooden beams, with the name "Pelican's" in yellow placed above. The strike strip is placed on the side of the box right above a line of text that reads "POCKETBOX—DIAMOND MATCH DIV.—DALLS, TEXAS." Between each word of that line of text, there are small dimand shapes representing the logo of the Diamond Match Company. The back of the matchbox has the name "Pelican's" placed in yellow, right above a couple lines of text. Those lines of text read, "Prime rib, streak/crab - lobster," and just below that, "spirits & libations." The left side of the box has the address and phone number of the restaurant written out in black. On View
Not on view