Phillumeny

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Advertising, California, Design, History, Print, San Francisco Bay Area, VintageBay 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 […]

Matchbox Labels from the 50s and 60s

Matchbox Labels Cover Art from the 50’s and 60’s

Advertising, Design, Europe, History, Illustration, Print, TypographyCzechoslovakia, 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. […]

Matchbox Labels from the 50s and 60s

2 in 1 Post – Flickr’s new ’embed slideshow’ and Maraid’s Matchbox labels

Design, Fraudsters, History, Tech, VintageCzechoslovakia, 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 […]