Vintage advertising matchbook cover featuring the classic mid-century pin-up illustration titled Ship Shape. This example promotes New Kent Tavern on U.S. Route 60 in Providence Forge, Virginia.
Produced by the Maryland Match Company of Baltimore, this colorful cover reflects roadside tavern and highway travel culture of the postwar era. The bold typography and playful pin-up artwork make it an appealing piece for collectors of vintage advertising, Americana, and pin-up ephemera.
- Original vintage matchbook cover (no matches)
- Pin-up illustration: Ship Shape
- Advertising: New Kent Tavern, Providence Forge, Virginia
- Maryland Match Co., Baltimore, Md.
- Mid-20th-century roadside advertising
- Size:
- Standard
