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Showing posts with label Hotels Restaurants Clubs and Bars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hotels Restaurants Clubs and Bars. Show all posts
Monday, April 7, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
More funny Japanese Matchbox labels from the 50's advertise Restaurants Clubs and Bars, etc.
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| When I look at this label my 'blue brain' makes my eyes see something else... |
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| It is only your blue brain the see other things... |
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| This is the sole of my old father, can you find a shoe for him |
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| Too much BEER... |
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| The Run-away Broom |
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| Choked by a Biliard ball |
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| The Dancing Waiter |
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| No Title |
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| No words |
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| Not understood |
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| Black Ground Coffee |
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| The one eye Geisha |
Friday, January 3, 2014
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Monday, December 23, 2013
Some funny Japanese Ads Labels of the Post WW2 times
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| Do you need another swab? |
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| Does sombody can help me work this Records player? |
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| What are they doing there...? |
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| The one leg stripper |
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| Help! She is falling on me! |
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| I am watching you! |
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| I don't like your spiky nose... |
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| Smile, you are Candid Camera |
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| The kan kan dancers with only one long hand |
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| The blood Drinker |
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| The Strip Waitress |
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| The ABC of love |
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| The world is so funny |
Sunday, August 19, 2012
An interesting story by the "Collectors Weekly" about the lovely "feature matches" of the 1930's in the USA
Playing With Matches: Sexy, Silly 1930s Ads That Went Up in Smoke
"Smoking is growing more taboo in the United States now, but back in the 1930s, cigarettes were sexy. And where there was smoke, there were matches. At one point, nearly every business in the country, whether it was a national chain or a local Mom ‘n’ Pop, produced logoed matchbooks to help their customers fuel their nicotine habit—now known to be a deadly addiction...."
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Thanks to my friend Mike De Mondo who sent me this link.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
And the last things which were sent to me by Mr. Jerry Manley - Vintage Matchbooks from Mexico and USA
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| Front |
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| Back |
And here is the yellow matchbook with the full "feature matches" inside -
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| These feature matches are selling a laundry service. Photos by Frank Kelsey |
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