Matchbook

Title:

The Waumbek, Jefferson, N.H.

Object Name:

Matchbook

Object ID:

2011.013.01

Place of Origin:

Washington, DC

Date:

circa 1960

Description:

Matchbook, unused, from the Waumbek Hotel, Jefferson, NH, c. 1960. White cover, printed in black, "THE / WAUMBEK / JEFFERSON / N. H. / Please Close Cover Before Striking". Green top edge, printed in yellow, "PREVENT FOREST FIRES". Yellow bottom edge, printed in black, "UMC Universal Match Corp., Washington, D.C." White back, printed in blue, "A FOREST'S FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS", with image of hands holding potted evergreen seedling. Strike strip on back. White interior, printed in brown, "Please follow / Smokey's / ABC's / Always hold matches / 'til cold. / Be sure to drown all / fires. / Crush all smokes..... / ..dead out! / only you can / PREVENT FOREST FIRES / SPONSORED BY THE / AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSN., / 919 - 17TH STREET, N.W., / WASHINGTON 6, D.C.", with image of Smokey Bear. Contains 20 green-headed paper matches, held in place by one staple through the bottom flap.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2 W-1.5 D-0.35 inches

Provenance:

Acquired by donors' father, Henry Goldich (1907-1981), while visiting the White Mountains in the 1960s.

Credit Line:

Gift of Louis Goldich and Jean Blumin in memory of their father, Henry Goldich

Subjects:

Matches, Matchcovers, Match industry, Forest fires, Fire prevention, Bears, Forestry, Hotels