And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My grandfather was bit cigar smoker. He had a large matchbook collection. I was about 9 or 10 and he gave me about ten cigar boxes filled with matchbooks. For the next 8 or so years, I too added to the collection. I am pretty sure that I had a "Lucky Match" in the collection. The others not so.
My bil had a huge matchbook collection that he started as a teenager and kept in a giant brandy snifter. He had it displayed next to his fireplace no less. I advised him that if it ever got going, he would need a halon cascade array to extinguish it. The next time we visited him it was gone.
Odd, yesterday I was sorting stuff in my garage opened a old tackle box of my fathers and picked a "Lucky Match" book only had the last roe one of which was 4 of 8's
In the 1950's my Dad was an on-the-road salesman. He used to bring home unique matchbooks for me. By the time I was 15 I had two paper grocery bags full of them. At times I had the best ones hung on wires on my bedroom wall. Probably should have kept them ...
I remember seeing the lucky match years ago...'70's
ReplyDeleteMr. James Lileks famously has a collection of matchbooks. I wonder if he has items like these?
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather was bit cigar smoker. He had a large matchbook collection. I was about 9 or 10 and he gave me about ten cigar boxes filled with matchbooks. For the next 8 or so years, I too added to the collection. I am pretty sure that I had a "Lucky Match" in the collection. The others not so.
ReplyDeleteMy bil had a huge matchbook collection that he started as a teenager and kept in a giant brandy snifter. He had it displayed next to his fireplace no less. I advised him that if it ever got going, he would need a halon cascade array to extinguish it. The next time we visited him it was gone.
DeleteThe Marines used to have crimson and gold matches inscribed "This match is for your cigarette. There is no match for a US Marine."
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I'm guessing that those USMC matches were pre-1960's.
DeleteOdd, yesterday I was sorting stuff in my garage opened a old tackle box of my fathers and picked a "Lucky Match" book only had the last roe one of which was 4 of 8's
ReplyDeletecoolest thing I've seen today! Thanks! You always have a great variety of stuff!
ReplyDeleteIn the 1950's my Dad was an on-the-road salesman. He used to bring home unique matchbooks for me. By the time I was 15 I had two paper grocery bags full of them. At times I had the best ones hung on wires on my bedroom wall. Probably should have kept them ...
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