Collector of Advertising of the mid 20th Century.
This matchbook must be from the 20’s or 30’s, the heyday of the New Jersey Athletic Club; after that it was a hotel, the club went kaput because of changing demographics. I wonder if some of their 3000 plus members…
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This is a project from my son in 2nd or 3rd grade I guess. Apparently the idea was to draw an anti-pollution poster. Because pollution is BAD I don’t know what they made in that factory at the top. Frank…
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Here’s an early, early Circus Circus matchbook. I wonder if the clown dude was a mascot at some time, or just a whim. There is a claim on the inside, “ONLY family casino in Vegas” – setting aside the fact…
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I don’t normally collect match BOXES, just match BOOK covers. But you have to love the martini drinking sad clown on this one. I don’t know why he is still sad. Go figure clowns. This was advertising for the Match-Me…
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One thing that has helped my fragile sanity in these dark times is playing AMERICAN TRUCK SIMULATOR and it’s cousin EUROPEAN TRUCK SIMULATOR. I turn off sleep requirements and traffic tickets (If that is cheating, why do they allow it?)…
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I took a page from my dad’s uncle’s book, and had cards printed up when I retired a few years ago. First the one with the hammock (A). I have a few left but I discovered that they put me…
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It always amazes me what people will eat or drink. Remember when some idiots watching YouTube were eating TIDE PODS? Anyway… I don’t care how new and improved it is, drinking dishwashing liquid is a bad idea.
I’m no Vidal Sassoon, but I cut my hair, and there are no bald patches etc. – With some creative combing, maybe a little Bryllcream, perhaps a big HAT, I might be able to go out in public if I…
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I dug out my old metal detector, had not tried it in the yard at this house. I figured since kids have lived here, there would be matchbox cars, coins, a guy can dream. I only got in one dig…
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I chopped down the ornamental banana tree by our front door today, as we are in for a cold spell, I put a tarp over the root and a bunch of banana leaves, grass clippings, and beauty bark over that. …
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