A large and varied assortment of mid-to-late 20th-century matchbooks and matchcovers, presented within a rustic wooden crate. The collection encompasses a wide range of ephemeral items from diverse international and British establishments, including hotels, restaurants, and commercial brands. Visible examples include advertisements for El Capitan, Metropole, Spiders Web Hotel, Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Toby Carving Room, Berni, Vons, and De Vere Hotels. Several items indicate British origins, such as a matchbook for Lulworth Cove and another for the Spiders Web Hotel featuring a Watford-area dialling code. The collection includes both book-style matches and flat matchcovers, primarily constructed from printed card and paper.
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