Monday, June 23, 2025

Close cover before striking...


 Matchbook advertising, a once popular medium, now almost completely gone...



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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

In a time when men still drove without seatbelts and smoked, these things were a welcome promotional gift.

MARSHALL OVERCLOTH said...

"hey buddy ya got a match?" not heard in a long time.

Anonymous said...

... "Yeah: my ass and your face. G'huhHAW HAW!"
--idiot teenage hoodlum, c. 1966

Mister G said...

and I can vouch for highschool males in the 70s too...

Anonymous said...

Well, it *is* an exquisite putdown if you're a 15-year-old lout in the making. It should be protected by the National Society for Historic Preservation so it can be enjoyed by punks of the distant future, when "matches," "cigarette," and (especially) "Buick" all have to be explained.