Original vintage matchcover featuring the pin-up illustration titled Ship Shape.
The artwork shows a mid-century pin-up posed against a deep blue background. The cover carries the Maryland Match Co., Balto., Md., Made in U.S.A. manumark.
Advertising is for The M. M. Coleman Welding Shop, 1010 6th St. N.W., Washington, D.C., with the slogans Your Welder 25 Years and We Weld Anything. L. L. Buckheit, Prop., is noted, along with National 7919.
This example blends classic pin-up art with Washington D.C. trade advertising, appealing to collectors of matchcovers, pin-up ephemera, and industrial memorabilia.
Condition: Vintage paper item with typical handling wear. See photographs for details.
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