That was SO incredible, and the event netted me a handful of different pins as well as some terrific new friends. Taking a close look at them has reminded me of some smaller, marvellous places that I’ve been, but hadn’t thought of recently including Labrador, Ferryland (Newfoundland,) Baddeck (Nova Scotia) as well as special events that have meant a lot to me including the Pan American Games that were held right here in Manitoba in 1999, at which I was a volunteer in the media tent at Birds Hill Provincial Park. I’d say the majority of the pins are from travel. It’s far too heavy to wear, but now and then I take it out of the closet and admire it as each pin brings back some special memory or reminds me of an affiliation I’ve had over the course of my lifetime. Click the picture to go to my TV page and see a video of this little item.This denim vest holds a collection of lapel pins I’ve collected over the past 35 years. For a remarkable exception, here’s a full box of Sony matches announcing their very first television set. Now if matchcovers were throw-away items (and they were!), the boxes they came in were even more so. While brother Richard said “I am not a cook” and went to Washington.Īnd the last two matchcovers are Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles,Ĭ.1960 Tums, quick relief for acid indigestion, heartburn, gas, c.1940. Nixon family business with stylish new coffee shop and drive-in locations Hotel Ben Lomond, Ogden, Utah, c.1940 Nixon's Family Restaurant andīakery, Whittier, California, mid-1950s. New York City, c.1958 Blue Bird Restaurant, Pueblo, Colorado, c.1950 Washington Nationals Baseball Club, c.1955 (this American Leagueīaseball team was also known as the Washington Senators) Stork Club, The next row shows The Palmer House, Chicago, c.1930 Matchcover exhorting us to buy war bonds. Golden Gate International Exposition, Tower of the Sun at Night, Sanįrancisco Bay, 1939 "Strike at the seat of trouble" was a stock Most effectively gets its point across, c.1940s Next we see Walgreen System Drug Store featuring "Bismadine" antacid,Ĭ.1930s The Huddle Restaurants, Beverly Hills and West Los Angeles,Ĭalifornia, c.1960 "Insurance" is an example of one of theĭesign matchcovers-these were ordered out of aīook of pre-made designs, to which you added the particulars of yourīusiness in the blank space, c.1940s Yellow Cab in Omaha, loud but "ten-strike") Melody Lane restaurant, Los Angeles, c.1940 Searsįashion-Tailored Clothes for Men, c.1940. Largest Hotel" (I bet not anymore!), c.1950 Cocktail, generic,Ĭ.1950 Remco Chilled Sani-tized California Carrots, c.1940 Red CrossĬough Drops, c.1958 (slim book with 10 matches known as a Size containing 12 matches) The Hotel Golden "Nevada's World has ever known was served, c.1960 Domestic Finance Co., c.1948 Īnaheim Bowl, California, c.1960 Farber's Jewelers, Sanįrancisco, c.1950 (this small matchbook is an example of the "midget" Michigan, where, I can personally attest, the The most common size is the 20 light book. Matches come in a wide variety of sizes and While most of the rest you see are “match covers.” For safety reasons, mostĬollectors prefer to “shuck” the matches from matchbooks and save only
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