Original vintage advertising matchbook from Kenwood Cafe, located at 826 South Kenwood Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The business advertises wines, liquors, and beer, including cooler keg beer.
The front cover features the colorful mid-century pin-up illustration titled Showing Form, a golf-themed pin-up design commonly used in postwar American advertising.
The proprietor is listed as Reno Aldridge. The WOLFE 6570 telephone exchange places this matchbook 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: Baltimore, Maryland
Business type: Cafe and tavern advertising
Era: circa 1940s1950s
Artwork: Pin-up illustration titled Showing Form
- Size:
- Standard
