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Advertising, California, Design, History, Print, San Francisco Bay Area, Vintage Bay Area, Essex, Japanese Match Company, matches, Phillumeny, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Brewing Company, stone litho printing, vintage matchboxes
While feeding my phillumeny habit recently I had a lucky strike with these terrific vintage Japanese made matchbox labels of businesses in and around San Francisco. All are from around the 1900’s, so most of these places are long gone but who knows, maybe someone out there has some stories […]
Advertising, Design, Europe, History, Illustration, Print, Typography Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithographs, Lithuania, Matchbox Labels, Phillumeny, Poland, Prints, retro, Romania, Vintage
A small sampling of vintage matchbox labels. Just look at the lovely graphics, colors, typography and mis-registration. Phillumenists get it. They are a thing of beauty I tell you!
Design, Fraudsters, History, Tech, Vintage Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithographs, Lithuania, Maraid, Matchbox Labels, Phillumeny, Poland, Prints, retro, Romania, Vintage
Well the slideshow appears to be history… but I’ve posted more matchbox labels here. and the new link takes you to Maraid’s Flickrset.