Original vintage advertising matchbook from Mercurios Tavern, located in Woodland Beach, Edgewater, Maryland.
The front cover features the colorful mid-century pin-up illustration titled Showing Form, a golf-themed pin-up commonly used in postwar American advertising.
The matchbook includes the slogan Eat Drink and Make Merry and lists the telephone exchange as Annapolis 5648, placing 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: Woodland Beach, Edgewater, Maryland
Business type: Tavern advertising
Era: circa 1940s1950s
Artwork: Pin-up illustration titled Showing Form
- Size:
- Standard
