Matchbook
- Object Name:
- Matchbook
- Object ID:
- 2025.052.02
- Creator:
- D.D. Bean & Sons Co. -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Jaffrey, NH
- Date:
- circa 1962
- Description:
- Matchbook. Political campaign matchbook, paper, white on green, c. 1962. The matchbook contains paper matches with red heads. The front has a photograph of Jim Cleveland and "EXPERIENCE COUNTS / JIM CLEVELAND." On reverse side: "A VOTE for / JIM / CLEVELAND / is a vote for / PROVEN EXPERIENCE / and NEW INDUSTRY / for NEW HAMPSHIRE / CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING." On top edge: "CLEVELAND / FOR CONGRESS." On bottom edge: "D.D. BEAN & SONS CO., JAFFREY, N.H." Inside: lists Jim Cleveland's experience plus "Frank J. Sulloway / Concord, NH / Fiscal Agent." The matches are all intact and unused.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-1.875 W-1.5 D-0.375 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Benjamin Wilson
- People:
- Cleveland, James C. (1920-1995)
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