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A colorful collection of 10 original vintage matchbook covers featuring Christmas greetings, winter scenes, and advertising from hotels, taverns, restaurants, a New York park, and a pipe tobacco company.The designs include holly, candles, Christmas trees, carolers, a snowy church scene, and Bear Mountain winter-sports artwork showing skiing and sledding. A charming group for collectors of vintage Christmas paper, matchcovers, and old business advertising.You will receive all 10 different covers pictured:• Bear Mountain Park / Palisades Interstate Park — Iona Island, New York. Blue-bordered cover featuring winter sports and a building illustration.• Hotel Lafayette — University Place at 9th Street, New York City. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year design with holly and a large silver-colored star.• Olin Chester Potter’s Ship Grill — 400 East 57th Street. Smaller-format Christmas cover, identified inside as a Lion “Midget” matchbook.• Rum & Maple Pipe Mixture — Christmas tobacco advertisement featuring a rum-barrel canister. The inside retains its printed free-sample mail-in coupon.• Park Road Tavern — 254 Park Road, West Hartford, Connecticut. Christmas carolers, Ballantine Beer and Lager advertising, and an inside message mentioning bowling in the rear.• Ye Olde Dutch Tavern — John Street, New York City. Red Season’s Greetings cover with a snowy church illustration.• 42nd St. Cafeteria and Cafe — Season’s Greetings cover with a snowy woodland scene.• Steuben Tavern — Green Season’s Greetings cover featuring a decorated Christmas tree and candles.• The Village — Akron, Ohio. Red-and-black cocktail bar advertisement with a small Christmas tree design.• La Salle Cafeteria — 51st Street at 7th Avenue, New York. Christmas candle and holly artwork.Estimated vintage: approximately 1930s–1950s. Exact production years are unknown.CONDITION:
These are empty, flattened matchbook covers. No matches or tobacco are included.Condition varies across the lot. Visible wear includes folds, creases, age toning, staining, edge wear, surface abrasions, and old mounting residue or paper loss. Several covers have missing or trimmed striker sections. The La Salle cover has more pronounced wear and mounting damage, and the Steuben cover has visible mounting marks.Please examine all photos, including the interiors, for the condition of each piece. The photos show multiple views of the same 10 covers.An appealing themed group for a matchcover album, vintage Christmas collection, or display of historic American advertising.The buyer receives the exact 10 covers shown.
