strike another match, go start anew...

March 24, 2009 7:50 AM

From the very familiar to the "exotic", from Art Deco design to jazzy and snazzy mid-century graphics, from touting booze to touting tobacco, from "Vargas girl"-esque teasers to presidents of the United States, from 24-hour waffle restaurants to diaper services, from celebrations of the iconic cocktail to the... um, McDonald's Party House, the Matchbooks & Collectable Matchbooks Flickr group has it all.
posted by flapjax at midnite (9 comments total)

Oh, and don't miss the vintage matchbooks and -boxes Flickr group, either.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:52 AM on March 24, 2009

Hey! That George Washington matchbook cover you linked to is mine!
posted by marxchivist at 9:10 AM on March 24, 2009

Really, marxchivist?

This is a really cool series of links; thanks for the FPP, flapjax. I'm especially enjoying the Coronet covers, but the McDonald's Party House is a classic.
posted by misha at 10:10 AM on March 24, 2009

I do so hate unsanitary cigarettes. You never know where those street vendors were keeping them.

Pancakes and cocktails? I'm sold!

It took 2000 years to grow this room, and you can burn it all in a moment.

Thanks for these, flapjax!
posted by filthy light thief at 12:19 PM on March 24, 2009

Great coincidence as I just uploaded some matchbook covers to flickr yesterday. At the tip (dump) I found about a thousand old matchbooks from around the world and just started scanning them.
posted by ginky at 3:30 PM on March 24, 2009

Hey, ginky, that's amazing, what a find! How 'bout linking to them here? It's exactly the kind of self link that would be kosher, IMO. Actually, I'll just link to it right now... will you be adding more?

And marxchivist, cool! Sorry I didn't catch that those presidents were from you. I'd have made special "and from MeFi's own..." note in the post if I'd noticed. Your Flickr uploads are great, all in all, so I'm linking to your page, too.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:25 PM on March 24, 2009

I will be adding more today...scanning the day away.
posted by ginky at 5:48 PM on March 24, 2009

Damn, if I knew ya'll were coming I woulda spruced up the front hall
posted by marxchivist at 7:05 PM on March 24, 2009

Whatever do you mean? Why, with this fellow there to greet us at they entryway, who'd notice a little untidiness here and there?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:43 PM on March 24, 2009