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Date
n.d.
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
102.07.0018 a-e
Description
Five assorted matchbooks, all matches used except in (c). a) Universal Match, Denver matchbook. Pink and purple with a rounded shape. Dove design and “The Lady The Dove” printed on the cover. Same printed inside along with “RESTAURANT & DISCOTHEQUE ELEGANT DINING SUPERB FOOD GREAT FUN”. Illegible …
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Title
Matchbook
Date
n.d.
Material
paper
Dimensions
6.0 x 5.0 cm
Description
Five assorted matchbooks, all matches used except in (c). a) Universal Match, Denver matchbook. Pink and purple with a rounded shape. Dove design and “The Lady The Dove” printed on the cover. Same printed inside along with “RESTAURANT & DISCOTHEQUE ELEGANT DINING SUPERB FOOD GREAT FUN”. Illegible words have been written over top in blue pen. b) Eddy Match Co. Limited Canada matchbook. White and blue. Front reads “EDDY QUALITY BOOK MATCHES CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING MATCH”. Back reads “CARRY ON CAMADA V FOR VICTORY. c) Eddy Match Co. Limited Canada matchbook. Red, white, and blue. stripes on front printed with “SAVE SALVAGE Buy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS AND CERTIFICATES FOR VICTORY CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING MATCH.” Red, white, and blue bullet illustration on back that reads “WORK FOR VICTORY”. 6 pink-tipped matches inside. d) Eddy Match Co. Limited Canada matchbook. Brown and white with small photograph of house on front. Printed below is “DALNAVERT 61 Carleton St. Winnipeg”. Printed on back is “Built by Hugh John Macdonald in 1895. restored by the Manitoba Historical Society and open to the pub;if throughout the year.”e) white matchbook with photograph of woman in fur coat standing in front of log cabin.
Subject
Whyte home
matches
Manitoba
World War Two
war effort
restaurant
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.07.0018 a-e
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