Original vintage advertising matchbook from Johns Tavern, located at 153 Main Street in Annapolis, Maryland. The business advertised liquors, wines, and beers.
The front cover features the colorful mid-century pin-up illustration titled Over the Top, depicting a bathing beauty reclining on an inner tube, a popular postwar pin-up theme.
The matchbook includes a decorative Thank You banner and lists proprietors John P. Highland and Steve M. Panos. The Dial 9857 telephone exchange places this piece in the late 1940s to early 1950s.
Produced by Maryland Match Company of Baltimore.
This is an original vintage matchbook, not a reproduction.
Details:
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Business type: Tavern advertising
Era: circa 1940s1950s
Artwork: Pin-up illustration titled Over the Top
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