Matchbook
- Title:
- Yoken's Restaurant, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Object Name:
- Matchbook
- Object ID:
- 2002.026.04
- Creator:
- J. C. Rogers Co.
- Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH
- Description:
- Advertising matchbook, paper, red on white. Paper matches with white heads. On front: whale and "YOKEN'S / 'THAR SHE BLOWS' / THE SEACOAST'S MOST POPULAR / FAMILY RESTAURANT / SPECIALIZING IN SEA FOODS / Route 1, Portsmouth, New Hampshire / CLOSE COVER-STRIKE ON BACK". On back: "A WHALE OF / A GIFT SHOPPE / The largest and finest gift shop in / Northern New England ... from / souvenirs to collector's gifts ... large / selection of scrimshaw ... stop and / browse. / Yoken's", with whale. On bottom edge: "J.C. ROGERS CO. DOVER, N.H. LM". On top edge: "Dial 603/436-8224". No printing inside. Matches intact; unused.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2 W-1.5 D-0.35 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joan Jones
- Subjects:
- Advertisements, Matches, Whales
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